I went to a pub last night, kind of a neighborhood-type of bar, where everyone knows each other. One regular there seemed to be in a decent mood, which is kind of rare for him. I was getting along with the guy great, until...
So, we were all watching the Heisman Trophy Presentation, where Baylor quarterback Robert Griffin III won the award. During Griffin's personal segment prior to the winner being known, he showcased the Superman socks he was wearing, which garnered a hearty laugh from the audience.
In response to this, the before-mentioned man said, "They just don't get it, do they? Blacks will never be respected and won't ever contribute anything to this society if they go on and do things like that."
I just kind of rolled my eyes and looked away. The guy is up there in age. He's not going to change at this point in his life and I really didn't want to get into it. He also made some other racially-charged statements. There was a still silence almost every time this occurred. When he noticed this, he kind of shook his head and shrugged his shoulders, as if to say, "You guys just don't understand." Yeah, we do. We understand that he feels a group of people is inferior due to the color of their skin and that's sad. In this day and age, with an African-American president no less, that's very sad. Whenever someone tells me that racism is dead and the election of Barack Obama placed the punctuation point on that, I have to shake my head, shrug my shoulders and give a look as if to say, "You just don't get it, do you?"
So, we were all watching the Heisman Trophy Presentation, where Baylor quarterback Robert Griffin III won the award. During Griffin's personal segment prior to the winner being known, he showcased the Superman socks he was wearing, which garnered a hearty laugh from the audience.
In response to this, the before-mentioned man said, "They just don't get it, do they? Blacks will never be respected and won't ever contribute anything to this society if they go on and do things like that."
I just kind of rolled my eyes and looked away. The guy is up there in age. He's not going to change at this point in his life and I really didn't want to get into it. He also made some other racially-charged statements. There was a still silence almost every time this occurred. When he noticed this, he kind of shook his head and shrugged his shoulders, as if to say, "You guys just don't understand." Yeah, we do. We understand that he feels a group of people is inferior due to the color of their skin and that's sad. In this day and age, with an African-American president no less, that's very sad. Whenever someone tells me that racism is dead and the election of Barack Obama placed the punctuation point on that, I have to shake my head, shrug my shoulders and give a look as if to say, "You just don't get it, do you?"
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