Guy taking me to Liberty City

This is kind of a crazy story but long story short i’m a senior at UM and looking at post grad jobs as a teacher because I really like working with kids and want to make a difference in kids lives instead of just working an office job with other stuck up UM grads who never left the UM bubble (which I realized is such a thing and the rest of Miami is so much cooler and I’d been missing out on so much). I was going to drop off my resumes at all the high schools in Miami but that would waste a lot of gas and I have a nice car so I didn’t want to risk drawing attention to myself so I decided to take the metro and I was taking it to Miami Northwestern Senior Hs in Liberty City. I know a lot of you guys said in previous reddit threads that none of these areas were actually unsafe and that everyone saying that were very dangerous during the day were sheltered people or people who hadn’t been to those areas in decades because they have been heavily gentrified. And I’m from San Francisco and there’s a lot of crime there and I’ve always grown up in big cities, I’ve never lived in a suburb before Gables, so I wasn’t really that worried especially since it was also daytime and in my experience everywhere is usually okay during the day but at night you have to be way more careful.

But yeah so I got off at the stop and yeah I could tell it was the hood but usually if you don’t draw attention to yourself you’re good. And I don’t want to work at Gulliver or some shit in Pinecrest with kids who already are set for life. I want to actually maybe motivate some kids from other communities to go to college or at least help them or support them in tough situations. Like actually make a difference.

Anyways after I dropped off my resume I stopped at a gas station to get some food and there was a pretty cute guy there around my age (Im 21) and he was super sweet and let me go ahead of him in line and not creepy at all and basically told me I was really pretty and asked what I was doing there. I told him and it was like 6pm at this point and he said that he would walk me back to the metro because he didn’t want anything to happen to me. I can’t bring my gun into a school obviously but I brought pepper spray just in case.

Anyways he was super sweet and we talked the whole way back to the station and he gave me his number and we’ve been texting everyday for 3 months and had our first date a month ago where he came down to where I live in Gables and I gave him a tour of UM and we got food at this mexican place in Doral and smoked and it was really fun.

But yeah basically we’ve been hanging out every wednesday and friday for a month and it’s super fun we smoke and have deep talks about life and his childhood and growing up in Miami etc.

Anyways he wants me to come up to Liberty City and meet his friends and family this weekend bc they’re having a cookout. I’m super nervous but also excited.

I just don’t really know what to expect/what is the culture there the only time I was really there was to drop off my resume and I didn’t really interact w any of the residents besides him at the gas station.

I don’t want them to think i’m stuck up or make any assumptions abt me since I go to UM. I mean I know it’s human nature and I just gotta show them through my actions that I’m nice and down to Earth but do you guys have any advice?

What are like the mannerisms I should do? He’s black and I’m white and white moms like flowers but does that apply for black moms too like should I bring a plant or some shit? And what should I wear?

Lmao I hope this doesn’t sound super stupid and any actual advice would be appreciated I don’t wanna look like an idiot pulling up there and like I don’t belong (but i guess that’s inevitable since i’m a white girl😭)

But yeah lmk