“I member my guys used to catty, I tried to catty too but I was too dark. The man wanted light skin people to carry the clubs” - My 24 year old cousin Jeff said that this past Sunday as we watched a movie scene where group of men beat down a rival gang at a driving range.
My initial response was surprise. I was surprised by the event, surprised by the calm manner in which my cousin delivered his recollection, but then I was surprised that I was surprised. These events are not new to me so why do I continue to be thrown off guard by them?
I wasn't so much off kilter because of the act of discrimination on the part employer but the victimization of my cousin. My cousin was deemed too "dark" to carry golf clubs??? Golf Clubs. Not too dark to join a private country club but too dark to service the people with in that country club.
Even though I do take offense to this I just can't get over being surprised about it. Why, time after time, do I continue to retain some sort of shock. Shouldn't I have been desensitized by now? Do I really want to be desensitized?
Mar 14, 2009
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