Today I had to start work at 5am. But then, half-way through the middle of my project, I found that I was missing some information. With an hour to kill before anybody would be available, I decided to drive into The Big City so I could pick up a few things at Home Depot. I also dropped by Walmart (which is across the street) so I could see if they had any of the Chobani Flip yogurts I haven't tried (they did not, darnit).
As I was driving back home, I was in the passing lane to pass somebody who was going 55mph in a 60mph zone, when all of a sudden this massive pickup came ROARING up on my bumper. It was outrageous. First of all, I was actively passing somebody. Second, I was going 65mph, which is over the speed limit. With nothing better to do... I slowed down to 60mph. I was still passing the car in the right lane, I was just doing it slower because the guy up on my ass was being a dick.
Sure it was petty, but it's still better than slamming on my brakes... which would have likely ended up with him slamming into the back of me.
If I were in the passing lane and not passing somebody and not driving the speed limit... then yeah, by all means, climb all over my ass because I would totally deserve it. But I did not deserve this at all, so fuck you.
And speaking of fuck you...
Everybody who thinks racism is “over” in America should really take a look at this (here a link in case TikTok is being a dick)...
@tizzyent She will be exposed, in the meantime support this business.
♬ original sound - TizzyEnt
And this video is a "cut-down" version. The full video features her being heinous for longer, if you can believe it.
If there's anything worse than some fucking piece of shit unloading their racist bullshit all over some workers who are just trying to do their job... it would have to be accusing the wrong person of being her. Some poor woman was misidentified and is getting attacked online because she kinda-sorta looks like that pieces of shit in question? Terrible. SHE didn't do anything.
Where I live there is a large Hispanic population and I’ve seen this happen in real-time. A little boy practicing his English while walking down the aisle of a store with his mom? Ridiculed and lambasted for being unAmerican. Mexican restaurant with Mexican music playing? Read to filth for being unAmerican. Just speaking Spanish in general? Could get you physically attacked for being unAmerican. I was at the airport where a Mexican airline was playing Mexican television and had to watch some asshole yell at the service desk for being unAmerican.
UnAmerican? These people are American citizens paying American taxes and contributing to American society’s melting pot with their language, art, food, and customs.
AND, AS A REMINDER, THIS COUNTRY HAS NO OFFICIAL LANGUAGE! We are a nation of immigrants on stolen land. Any heinous piece of shit who thinks that “speaking English” is what defines us needs to pick up a history book.
Because if there's anybody who's giving a big "fuck you" to America in this video... it's her.
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I grew up with a bit of racism that I didn’t see because that was the norm and since it was a rural, mid-western county/state we didn’t have a lot of diversity. When that changed (barely) I did see it, but I never understood it. Now when my brother brought a Japanese student home from college I saw a lot more of it because we had Navy veterans from the WWII pacific campaign in the family. Even then though it wasn’t outright hostile.
I’ve always wondered how much racism I carry with me that I don’t see. I know there has to be some in there somewhere. The only time I recall maybe overtly feeling it was when I went to the USS Arizona memorial in Pearl Harbor. There were a LOT of Japanese students visiting at the same time and the were obnoxiously loud and boisterous at the memorial, extremely disrespectful. We were supposed to spread some of my Grandfather’s ashes over the mooring for the USS Tennessee (was diagonally across from the USS Arizona) so I may have been even more sensitive at the time. I think I would have been just as pissed if it was a bunch of students, but was I extra bent out of shape because they were Japanese?
I doubt I’ll ever know……
None of us will because it’s been so normalized. All we can do is recognize it when we see it in ourselves (or have it pointed out to us) and try to do better.