When I was 8 I was going to the local Target with my mom. We were driving around the parking lot trying to find a space. She eventually found one, put her signals on and turned on. but not before some suv tried to rush up and grab it. too late, we got the spot and they were honking, talking shit, obviously mad. But my mom got that spot fair and square, we had the right of way.
So we park and it turns out the car next to us was also getting out and those assholes who tried to take our spot took that spot instead. as we were walking out a middle aged man and woman, caucasian, jump out and spot us. as were walking to the store the man SCREAMED, "GO BACK TO YOUR FUCKING COUNTRY", i was shocked. Go back to my country? where the fuck am i gonna go? this is my country. My mom was mad and she quickly replied "New York is my country motherfucker!"
My mom rarely cursed in front of me. I was puzzled, wondering why they would say such a hateful thing. my mother's skin is lighter than most white people I know. she was part of the 10% of the dominican republic that would be considered white. SO it occurred to me that they saw how dark I was and just assumed i was an immigrant myself. This event has stuck in my head for a very long time. im 24 now and i remember it pretty vividly. see my mom is dominican. her father lebanese and her mother of italian-spanish decent. she came to this country in the mid 60's, went to college and became a biochemist. moved to Los Angeles 6 months after i was born over there in florida and has been living here since. 30 years in her field of work and she now makes ridiculous amounts of money, owns several properties and has a very presitgious, envious position in her career (took her 30 years to get there) and the shit that pisses me off, she blindly votes republican.
what would be going through the mind of these people to be yelling such a fucked up remark to a single mother and her 8 year old child? this is one of the reasons why i see red whenever i hear all this anti-illegal bullshit. ive been the subject of racist remarks at an early age and i wondered why so hard back then.
the way i see it, the majority of people who are so adimant against this problem share the same mindset as those shitbags did when i was 8 years old. they cant distinguish between american and foreigner. they cant tell the difference bewteen a legal immigrant, an illegal immigrant and an american born citizen so theyll just as easily lump all brown people in one category. my mom aint brown, i am. if one of you saw me on the street, what would be your first impression? if i knew a motherfucker saw me and was thinking about my citizenship status i would want break a nose or mandible, especially given the fact that I am the greatest patriot I know and i would not care if the whole country hated me. I feel like I have an obligation to the land of my birth, thats my religion.
So we park and it turns out the car next to us was also getting out and those assholes who tried to take our spot took that spot instead. as we were walking out a middle aged man and woman, caucasian, jump out and spot us. as were walking to the store the man SCREAMED, "GO BACK TO YOUR FUCKING COUNTRY", i was shocked. Go back to my country? where the fuck am i gonna go? this is my country. My mom was mad and she quickly replied "New York is my country motherfucker!"
My mom rarely cursed in front of me. I was puzzled, wondering why they would say such a hateful thing. my mother's skin is lighter than most white people I know. she was part of the 10% of the dominican republic that would be considered white. SO it occurred to me that they saw how dark I was and just assumed i was an immigrant myself. This event has stuck in my head for a very long time. im 24 now and i remember it pretty vividly. see my mom is dominican. her father lebanese and her mother of italian-spanish decent. she came to this country in the mid 60's, went to college and became a biochemist. moved to Los Angeles 6 months after i was born over there in florida and has been living here since. 30 years in her field of work and she now makes ridiculous amounts of money, owns several properties and has a very presitgious, envious position in her career (took her 30 years to get there) and the shit that pisses me off, she blindly votes republican.
what would be going through the mind of these people to be yelling such a fucked up remark to a single mother and her 8 year old child? this is one of the reasons why i see red whenever i hear all this anti-illegal bullshit. ive been the subject of racist remarks at an early age and i wondered why so hard back then.
the way i see it, the majority of people who are so adimant against this problem share the same mindset as those shitbags did when i was 8 years old. they cant distinguish between american and foreigner. they cant tell the difference bewteen a legal immigrant, an illegal immigrant and an american born citizen so theyll just as easily lump all brown people in one category. my mom aint brown, i am. if one of you saw me on the street, what would be your first impression? if i knew a motherfucker saw me and was thinking about my citizenship status i would want break a nose or mandible, especially given the fact that I am the greatest patriot I know and i would not care if the whole country hated me. I feel like I have an obligation to the land of my birth, thats my religion.
Last edited by GunSlinger OIF II (2007-05-16 19:06:08)
