Dumb people at the store, Part MMMXLIV
"How do you say 'twenty-four' in your language?"
Me: "Uh... twenty-four."
Him: "What? Oh, haha. You see, I'm a Spanish teacher, so I'm really interested in languages."
Brain: Then you should probably be more culturally and linguistically aware.
Face: [fake smile]
Me: "Just trying to make a point."
"Happy New Year! Oh wait. When do you celebrate New Year?"
Me: "Uh... January first."
Her: "Oh. Were you born in the U.S.?"
Brain: Yes, you ignorant brute. What gave it away? My fluent, unaccented English? The extra twenty pounds I'm carrying? My blue jeans and Converse shoes? Should I assume that you were born in Africa?
Me: "Uh... YEAH."
Her: "Oh wow, so you celebrate with us?"
Brain: Us? US? As a 50-ish black woman in the U.S., shouldn't you be slightly more sensitive to the whole us-versus-them attitude that fucked up this country so bad that we're still recovering from it? What assumptions should I make about you? How the fuck is your Kwanzaa? You celebrate Kwanzaa, right?
Me: "'US'?"
Her: "Happy New Year!"
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Good to know that people are just as ignorant all year long.
Me: "Uh... twenty-four."
Him: "What? Oh, haha. You see, I'm a Spanish teacher, so I'm really interested in languages."
Brain: Then you should probably be more culturally and linguistically aware.
Face: [fake smile]
Me: "Just trying to make a point."
"Happy New Year! Oh wait. When do you celebrate New Year?"
Me: "Uh... January first."
Her: "Oh. Were you born in the U.S.?"
Brain: Yes, you ignorant brute. What gave it away? My fluent, unaccented English? The extra twenty pounds I'm carrying? My blue jeans and Converse shoes? Should I assume that you were born in Africa?
Me: "Uh... YEAH."
Her: "Oh wow, so you celebrate with us?"
Brain: Us? US? As a 50-ish black woman in the U.S., shouldn't you be slightly more sensitive to the whole us-versus-them attitude that fucked up this country so bad that we're still recovering from it? What assumptions should I make about you? How the fuck is your Kwanzaa? You celebrate Kwanzaa, right?
Me: "'US'?"
Her: "Happy New Year!"
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Good to know that people are just as ignorant all year long.
posted by Anny at 5:34 PM
2 Comments:
Oh my gosh. Way to go you for exercising the restraint not to punch her in the face.
HAHA this one black woman i was working with--nicest lady in the world but so ignorant--said to me: if it weren't for you people, i wouldn't eat any vegetables!
me: uhh what?
coworker: i LOVE CHINESE FOOD.
umm ok....
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