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i have slight ocd, i make lists.

from a white man's perspective.

so we have a scheduled pest control visit to keep the house "visitor" free. if any of you have lived in a brooklyn brownstone, or any other damn nyc apartment, you know that lil "visitors" can be a nuisance from time to time.

so ernie, the dude who handles the pest control visits, came by today as i was writing and watching espn. story of the day was this new study that came out about nba referees supposed racial bias. ernie starts talking about how stupid the study is, i agree, and somehow it leads to a discussion on race in nyc. ernie, who's married to a puerto rican woman, and me start going back and forth about michael griffith, yusef hawkins, willie turks, tawana brawley, al sharpton, don imus, sean bell and a ton of related things.

now ernie is an italian cat that grew up in marine park in a time where nyc had certain areas that were hot beds of race related troubles (howard beach, bensonhurst). and while it was pretty obvious that ernie had his own ideas of what was right and wrong in the realm of racism he also had a great understanding of what is was like to be a new yorker during the race heavy 80s. while our opinions and views on racism were not all on the same page, ernie is what a lot of us should aim to be. unapologetic and sincere with what he believes in but with an open ear and respect for things that he realizes he will never fully understand.

and even though i highly doubt our conversations will ever go past the monthly pest control visit, ernie's my new homie. it's refreshing to meet someone who won't agree with you for the sake of making a situation comfortable but will respect you and your opinions. agreeing to disagree doesn't sum ernie up. he just gets it, even when he doesn't. like i tell Bella all the time, you don't always have to fully understand something to respect it.

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