What I got from this was there are plenty of white people who are more than happy to be friends, or smile in your face, as long as both you and they know that they are in a position above you. I encounter this a lot with white women, who are fine being friends with me, as long they think they have higher status than me, are prettier, or thinner, or just think they’re better (ftr, they’re a lot worse at hiding their resentment of black women’s skills and status, than they think they are).

For some people, everything in the world is a competition, that the rest of us don’t even know we’re playing!