ok, so I'm about to get all racial up in this mug, so if you don't like it...leave now.
I'll wait.
ok, now that they're gone...on with the story from yesterday.
So we had the run in at the shell station on the corner of alameda and newhall or whatever the fuck it is, in San jose.
so we are back on the freeway...the 3 yr old has to pee.
now anyone with kids knows that when you are potty training and the 3 yr old says she has to pee, SHE HAS TO PEE and you better find a place pronto, right?
Well, we finally get off the freeway in oakland, under a bridge near some abandoned rail road tracks....kind of shady place really, but what are ya gonna do, right?
So zombie mom gets the 3yr old out of the car so she can pee. Zombie has a diaper with her for the child to pee into..she wasn't going to just let her pee on the ground.
I'm in the car with lala and the Little Dog...minding our own business...when I hear this:
"Sir? can I help you with something? SIR? Do you need something?"
I look back and there is this creepy guy standing there, with a piece of paper in his hand, taking down our license plate number. I won't mention what race he is but it's the same as mine.
So then he starts screaming at zombie mom:
"You need to teach THEM how to behave properly in public....I'm calling the police. That's what's wrong with people...you just let THEM do whatever they want, where ever they want...teach THEM some manners" and on and on and on...
BLAH BLAH BLAH
So, Super mom kicks in and zombie yells<
'Sir, you see I have a small child who had to use the bathroom...go ahead and call the police SIR..please DO THAT would you? that'd be GREAT right now..DO THAT." (you rotten dirty motherf%$#@#)
i mean, REALLY PEOPLE!!!!!!!
2 TIMES IN ONE FREAKING DAY??!!!!
i always thought california was so progressive and so free thinking and accepting and all that bullshit....well, not anymore. i know it's only 2 instances, but see it this way:
1. 2 white middle aged(NO WAY!) women
2. 2 obviously bi-racial children
3. a freaking Subaru packed to the hilt with beach stuff
4. an adorable Little Dog, who was growling ferociously the whole time. GOOD DOG LITTLE DOG!!!
I mean, how much of a threat were we, really? and i really wanted to see what the charges were going to be if the popo ever did show up....and in OAKLAND of all places??!!! White Man! I think the PoPo would side with US before he'd side with YOU, motherf%$#@$!!!!!!!
The more we thought about it, the more angry we became..and then after fondue last night....we just had to laugh about it. cuz really, what else can you do at this point?
and i totally think it was a racial incidence. you had to be there to see how whitey was talking about the 3 yr old...as if she was an animal or something. I wanted to jack that motherf^%$#@!!!!!
ok, I'm done with my rant. I'm chililn in the Aptos Coffee Shop....drinking some green tea and enjoying the tunes...Chris Isaak "I wanna do bad things with you" which totally makes me think of TRUE BLOOD which I cannot wait for the season to start.
nuff said.
12 comments:
You know I totally love you right??? You make me smile. Never afraid to tell it like it is! HOW can THAT be offensive????
There are racist asses everywhere -- even in progressive California. And Oakland? A city with huge racial tensions. I just hope that the cop who killed Oscar Grant is convicted or else this town is probably going to burn. And the whole call the cops thing? Yeah, I'd probably do it but I'd also have some doubts in my mind over whether the cops would side with me.
I never thought of California as that progressive... just in pockets. That is how it is in this country, there are only pockets of racial tolerance and harmony.
It never surprises me. When I first got here, there was an incident with me and the SFC where they got all twisted about race. Had to set them straight (other wise, she would have brandished her 9mm and the fun would have begun then for sure!!).
What can you do? The ignorant are taking over the social debate and stupid is certainly as stupid does.
Take care, Beth.
All I can say is -- Thelma and Louise?
Sorry Zombie went through that. Sorry you've gone through it. Unfortunately racism and ignorance is everywhere.
Typical hillbilly from ohio.
don't think bad of Oakland just because of this guy!!! i live here too and i'm not a jerk!
i actually had a passing thought that it would've been weird/awesome to see you randomly on your trip to Oakland (especially since you have no clue who i am), but didn't think you'd make it to my 'hood... but you did (and I didn't see you randomly).... and now instead of running into someone who reads your blog in Oakland, of all places, you ran into a jerk.
:(
You're in a way too crowded area. Get out to Sonoma County or Napa County or Mendocino County or Humboldt County or Siskiyou County. And if you're going to fly all the way to California you better go to Yosemite or you missed it!
doinks doinks doinks doinks....these people need a life.........OMG.
OK. Harney just made me spit my drink out. Really? Not necessarily very diverse areas for the most part.
Lindsey is more correct in my book. I'm guessing you were on 880 when you pulled off. But there are plenty of neighborhoods in Oakland in which the folks are nice.
And I spit because when I think of places like Marin, I think of white folks who are struggling to prove just how progressive they are. At least this is the case in the larger cities. I go to the Point Reyes farmers' market in the summer because the folks there are really true. And of course they remember the rare black chick who shows up.
"I won't mention his race but it's the same as mine"
LOL I wub yewwwww.
And yeah, it's a sad fact that even in the most progressive of places you still get some racist bigots who think they're da shitznitz... hugs to you and your ickle kiddy!
要像鐵鎚和釘子一樣,永遠向著定點努力。......................................................
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