Posted on 11/29/2016 11:53:34 AM PST by re_tail20
I noticed the waiter lingering around my table a little more than usual. For the first time at this buffet-style restaurant, the waiter seemed agitated. Normally, he would be singing to mesmerized patrons in between busing tables and asking if customers needed any assistance in a place that is essentially self-serve.
"That man called me boy," he finally told me, unprompted, while pointing his eyes toward an older white gentleman in blue overalls.
"He said, 'boy, go get me some sweet tea,'" the waiter went on, mostly under his breath. He didn't want anyone else to hear.
"I'm a man! I'm a father," he told me. I could see that he was fighting back tears and the urge to show that man, in no uncertain terms, that he was no one's boy.
The waiter, a black man in his 30s, told his white supervisor about the incident but was told to just ignore it, that maybe the man didn't mean any harm.
But he couldn't -- it hurt too much -- and that's why he was standing at my table, commiserating with the only other black person in the restaurant. He had no other option. He couldn't confront the man directly without the potential of being called overly sensitive or, worse yet, losing his job.
I left him a larger-than-usual tip in hopes that gesture might provide some respite in an untenable situation. He needed the job. But he needed his dignity, too. He struggled, and in the end did what many had done before him -- swallowed hard and got back to work.
That was a few months ago. His was one of many stories that came back to me after election night, because it is illustrative of what many people of color are feeling as the words "President-elect...
(Excerpt) Read more at edition.cnn.com ...
Balderdash!
All offenses everywhere, especially where race is involved, or perceived to be involved, or fabricated by an article writer, are to be blamed on Trump.
What a complete non-sequitur! Donald Trump is responsible for every racist comment because they remind us of how minorities must be feeling post-election? Try again.
Sounds hard to believe. Maybe 40-50 years ago, but today?
This would be just a tiny bit more persuasive if Trump were actually a racist.
IMO, whenever a news the story is written like a movie screen play it’s a fabricated pile of feces.
Probably completely made up.
Most are.
Story is made up. These a-holes have nothing but made up stories of racism, since their philosophy and policies cannot stand in the arena of ideas or real-life.
Nice try now go away.
“”I’m a man! I’m a father,” he told me. I could see that he was fighting back tears and the urge to show that man, in no uncertain terms, that he was no one’s boy. “
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If he was fighting back tears over a silly thing like this he is NOT a man.
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At least the author showed us how we should feel about this, and what we should do to combat racial injustice and make minorities feel better about themselves: Reach deep into our pockets and...
Regards,
We need the change the name of the Dallas CowBOYS because that must be racist.
Fiction, from start to finish.
Raise your hand if someone you work with, a supervisor, a customer, a student, etc. has never said something that upset you!
I don’t see too many hands up out there.
I doubt this story is even true, but let’s assume it is. How about the waiter mans up and simply says to the customer, “Go scratch your ass, I don’t like your condescending tone.” Then leave him there tea less. It’s not that hard to take charge of your own life and decisions, you sorry candyasses.
So he randomly complains to a visiting CNN reporter (who would probably give up their first-born for any “racism” story), fighting tears while telling this reporter his life story...
The man in overalls would probably has said the same thing if the waiter was white. I am from the south and often was referred to as boy. Get a life.
More fake news from a fake news site.
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