This is the reason that black folks don't work anymore cause it is considered racist to solicit someone for a job these days. Stereotype? Yes Wrong? No Next time I see a cracker walking down the street in a slick black suit, I'm going to stop and ask him he if he is going to wipe out my retirement fund.
A couple of years ago I arrived early at my sister's house while she was at work. I had to kill time on her porch and driveway. A (white) woman drove by slowly, lowered her window, and asked, "do you live here?" I was like WTF. When I told her my purpose, which was none of her business, she said she was part of neighborhood patrol. I was ticked but after thinking about it I'm glad she asked. She should ask anyone who doesn't look familiar. Now if I lived there, yes I would be pissed.
You don't see why assuming a random hispanic is a carpenter or day-laborer is racially-loaded? I don't think I can help you. That happened to me... kinda. When I lived in Chicago near the University after I had graduated, I was approached by a black man who was upset at the University because they were going to tear down the house he rented (and grew up in, apparently) to build more dorms. He asked my girlfriend and I angry questions about if this neighborhood was our home, were we moving out soon, etc. He obviously didn't think the students didn't belong in his neighborhood because they were transient. But, I wasn't a student as he had assumed; I was working and stayed in that neighborhood because it was my home.
I don't have a problem with his assumption. Though I do have a problem with him being angry/upset and getting in your business.
WOW, some people are really too sensitive. I know I'm late to this party, but she just saw you working outside. Sooooooo why wouldn't she ask?
You just compared a carpenter to a day-laborer. Dead carpenters the world over are rolling over in their graves. And the "random hispanic" in this context was NOT random. He was performing carpentry. Finding someone who does this kind of work can be a royal pain in the butt. I've seen plenty of threads in this very forum with people asking for help finding one of these blue collar type professionals. Obviously this lady thought MoBalls looked like someone she felt she could trust enough to stop and talk to.........even though he was a stranger. Seems like a compliment to me. Yet somehow this event was so God-awful insulting that people feel okay littering this thread with "cracker" and other insults. I just don't get it.
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Can some of you mexican people come fix my fence? I will pick you up at Home Depot, just wait for me there. Also, why didn't you come mow my law for two weeks in a row? That wasn't very nice of you.
my mexican fiance can fix your fence...just pick us up on the corner...i'll clean your house too only if you pay us 1k. call me at 555-555-5555!
I guess you had to be there to understand. Well, she first pointed to my house and asked me if I lived here. Wearing sandals, cargos and a tee and listening to music............it was pretty obvious. Car was inside my garage......no vehicles out front. I don’t know maybe it’s just me....but cant a young Hispanic man own a nice home, drive a nice car. Why was I asked this? When I saw her point to my house and say Is this your house? (slowly) I don’t know if she thought I didn’t know English but I saw her change her tone after I spoke to her.
I didn't. I said "carpenter or day-laborer" because they are different things. I did that very intentionally, in fact, because my father is a retired house-painter and carpenter and I'm pretty familiar with the landscape. My father is a skilled carpenter and he'd be upset if I did not acknowledge the difference in value between a craftsman and a day-laborer, especially as appreciation for the difference seems to fade from the public consciousness as my father sees it. I don't know if this woman was thinking if MoBalls would be skilled or cheap (the respective value propositions of these two populations), so I threw both in there, distinct from one another.
Not at all. Though I do feel somewhat embarrassed because I can't speak it. Even though some people are sensitive about stuff like this, I find it funny. And when I'm out with someone I pretend to be mad, like in a sarcastic funny way if that were to happen while I was out and about. It's happened quite a few times with hilarious results.
Nobody ever hears how tough it is to be a White Man in America... We can't make fun of ANYTHING without being called a racist, bigot, sexist, or simply... republican. We are stereotyped constantly in the media. White men are portrayed as the idiots in every television commercial. REALLY PIZZA HUT? LIKE I DON'T KNOW HOW TO EAT A SLICE OF PIZZA? I can't even walk down the street any more without some ethnic trying to oppress me for the color of my skin. Just the other day a Latino man laughed at me because he thought I was the guy from the Home Depot ad whose wife had to explain to him how to use a miter saw. Then an African man shouted at me "Hey you ignorant white devil! Your penis size on average is 20% smaller and you can't dance." Life is hard out here.
