I was shooting the shit with the local confectioner who I affectionately call the boy in the bubble (because he works in 4x4 box for those unfamiliar with NYC) when a pack of black utes approached in full Halloween regalia.
I didn't like kids when I was one and not much has changed since, but the Irish in me was certainly appreciative that they took the time to embrace and learn about my historical culture, although being old school I prefer the pagan worship of the undead and usually just pass on the plastic masks and candy.
The group, not fully grasping or caring that my man in the box Hemant (who hands down does the best impersonation of me around) makes his living selling cigarettes, newspapers, and yes candy.... demanded free treats for the holiday.
Upon being rebuffed and told they would have to pay for their Snickers like everyone else, the teens launched a verbal assault by repeatedly calling him Ali Baba. Forgetting for a moment that Hemant is obviously a Hindu and not Arabian at all like the character they cited I thought it was funny as shit, and Ive been calling him that since.
but I gots to thinking.....
What if they were a pack of white kids who never owned slaves, never lynched or discriminated against nobody did the same to a black waitress during breakfast at Sylvia's calling her Aunt Jemima.
Would it still be funny or would it be a hate crime?
3 comments:
there is no spoon.
not funny and not a hate crime. it would just show that they are (to use donkeyslang) fookin' idjits.
Aunt Jemina would be funny if and only if they were eating pancakes, or maybe waffles.
I still thought Ali Baba was funny but will probably go back to calling him Gunga Din next week.
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