LOL...that reminds me of a little ioncident that happened at work a few years ago....
I had the radio on and something was said about it being Columbus day.....one of the guys on the crew is latino...
He chimes in with “F-ing white people ruined this country and we celebrate it?”
I said “whut?”
he said “yeah you f-ing white people discovered America then came over here and screwed it all up”
I laughed out loud.
I asked him “do you know the names of Columbus’ three ships?”
he didnt answer...
I said “You know...say them with me...the Nina, the pinta and the Santa Maria”
He says “so?”
I said...”who did Columbus sail for?”
no answer
” you know....the king and queen of SPAIN??”
“so?”
“Do you know what language is spoken by most hispanics in the western hemishpere?”
No answer
“SPAINISH???”
“So?”
I said “YOUR ANCESTERS CAME OVER HERE AND F’D IT ALL UP LONG BEFORE MINE GOT HERE”
A couple of the other guys burst out in laughter and he sulked away...
He later came up to me and said he had never even thought about it like that and and apologised.
I have had to deal with that at my work as well. Vilifying Columbus, etc., I counter with the fact that it was the Age of Discovery and that if it hadn’t been Columbus it would have been another European explorer to trash. It is a very easy thing to judge people who existed 500 years ago and attempt to assign our values to them. One guy who is of mixed heritage (Native American and Mexican) was ragging on Columbus and pretty much the same line, Europeans came over and ruined it blah blah blah. I told him what would you expect when a technologically advanced civilization encounters people that hadn’t even invented the wheel yet? He had no answer for me and left pretty quickly.
Great story!
He’s lucky you weren’t the kind to report him to Human Resources for the “you f@#$ing white people” remark, which he repeated.
Guy sounds like a loose cannon.
Imagine if you said this with any other substitute for the words “white people”.