The other one who lived with me for awhile was frustrated that he wasn't making as many sales as he thought he should.  "Sometimes I get the feeling that half of them aren't buying from me because I'm black."

I replied, "I'm sure that's true some of the time.  Bigots are out there, there's no doubt about it, and there's nothing you can do about it.  But for every one of them, there's a white person who is more likely to buy from you because they see a young black man with a good attitude who is trying to make the best of his life.  Just move on from the bigots, don't let them get to you, and you'll meet the good ones as you go along."

Then I added a little humor.  "I wish only half of the white chicks rejected me because I'm short.  There ought to a law against women who reject short men."