Actually, I thought about what I wrote after I posted it, and I thought you probably just didn't make your pooint clearly. And I understand your point is she didn't want to do the obvious thing because she didn't want to be insensitive either.
If you were really afraid of the guy being a terroist, why didn't you and the others hold him down and beat the crap out of him? Or were you just going to just run away and let him blow up the donut shop? Not very patriotic if you ask me. Btw, I've scanned the news online and I've yet to see any reports of a donut shop being blown up in the Houston area. I think you can go back now and get your glazed dozen.
Come on that first paragraph is silly. And we were on terror alert Orange just recently and terrorists have been known to attack civilians wherever they can find them, even in Churches. I guess you guys just can't accept the fact that there are extremist Muslims that would like to murder you and your family? Yep, it's true.
No one deserves to be robbed, but you have to use common sense, a woman shouldn't be walking around in a foreign city alone at night. No one should, what's wrong with that?
I'm sure you are! All I'm saying is that there are people out there that will murder you if they have the chance, whether its terrorists, criminals, the mafia, gangbangers, whoever. I don't see why we have to feel bad for taking even the tiniest precautions. Do I run out of the store when I see suspicious people? No, I never have. But if someone feels that supsicion and takes action I don't think they are racists.
But we Americans take much more than "the tiniest precaution." Some believe we live in a nearly perpetual state of fear, expressing a neurotic level of precaution. I can sympathize with that view, actually. NJRocket, if nobody else has asked (can't find it in this thread), did the heightened level of the National Terrorist Warning System (or whatever it is) add to your unease? This is a real question; it'd make sense to me if you felt like you needed to be on guard. That's what they're asking of us.
It's not really racist NJRocket since I don't believe you hate middle eastern people, but it was prejudiced since you let a stereotype cause fear in you when their is really nothing to fear. You should have asked yourself, "is a duncan donuts a reasonable target" and you probably would have stayed.
So his mistake was stereotyping Duncan Donuts as a terrorist target? I don't think that's racist. Maybe Duncan Donuts the company would be mad though.
I also went to the donut shop and was scared of the white powder on the donuts..... This is just another case of someone being paranoid......With the media hyping up America about the security level, I bet people are a little worried everywhere...............but a donut shop........this is the most peaceful place in the world.
NJRocket, I think you may have overreacted in that situation. But, if you felt uncomfortable, there is no reason why you shouldnt be allowed to walk out. Im middle eastern, so if anyone should be offended, it should be me. Im not. Dont get hung up over it.
It wasn't racism because you didn't do anything to the disheveled donut customers. Now if you were the DD manager and had refused to serve them, that would have been racism. However, you did allow a negative stereotype to dictate your actions, of which you admit you're not particularly proud. You also were overly paranoid, which has nothing to do with bigotry or racism, but isn't good for the soul either. Bottom-line - you didn't get your donuts.
