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Originally Posted by Ducimus
I still remember my first duty base, which was in the south. A guy in my shop one day, when it was just the two of us said, "Yeah, when we heard you was coming and read your name on the orders we thought you was gonna be black or something. But... yeah, your a'lright" That comment STUNNED me, I had no idea. At the same point i was releived that i was accepted.
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I remember about a year ago I was purchasing yet another handgun.
On the state form you have to give demographic information including race. Like always I selected Hispanic. The clerk in the gun store looked at my form, looked at me and actually said "I think you made a mistake here. You need to check white".
I looked at him hard and softly asked him if he would feel more comfortable if I wore a sombrero and spoke in broken English.
If I had not already paid for the gun, I would have walked out.
I guess being a successful and educated Hispanic confused him. I guess I am a lucky Hispanic as I can evidently "pass" for a white guy.
Yeah, racism still exists in America. It is getting a lot better than it used to, but it is still there and will probably always be there.
I too have run across people in my workplace who won't vote for Obama because he is black and won't vote for Clinton because she is a woman.
Go ahead and hate Obama if you disagree with his political agenda but don't base your vote on the colour of his skin.
Go ahead and hate Clinton if you disagree with her political agendas, but don't base your vote on her sex.
Unfortunately we still grow em stupid in America.
