No worries... I am not insecure like some of my brutha's as you white folks say... LOL...
I have my degrees, I have a 140 + I.Q and I also grew up in the so called hood... but chose a different path... In fact, everyone I speak to over the phone, then meet later look at me and are astonished that I am not white!
I guess they think since I am black, that I should talk with a slang or even type with a slang... <-- Don't know how someone would type with an African American slang...
But no worries 1217... It’s really kind of flattering in a non-racist way... which I know you have never shown yourself to be...