I just witnessed a very subtle act of bigotry (I can’t say
racism but I’m sure it played a part in what went down), disrespect and lack of
human decency.
I’m the 3rd person in line at the supermarket,
there’s a white dude in front of me and before him there’s a homeless black man
in line. The black man was buying (1)
doughnut. He swipes his EBT card it was declined. The cashier, another man, who
appeared to be Asian began heaving sigh and rolling his eyes for the benefit of
the white dude. The homeless man tries his EBT card again and again it was
declined. So the cashier announces 79 cents and again began giving the side eye
to the white dude and begins to look exasperated. The homeless man is digging
through his pockets and comes up with 50 cents; the man asked the white guy for
a quarter and the man says he hasn’t got it. Finally, I can’t stand looking at
what is unfolding and I told the man I’d pay for his doughnut. He thanked me and
then went to the ATM to see why his card wasn’t working.
The white dude that was in line paid for his flavored water
and then got 60 bucks cash back….he couldn’t spare a quarter mind you!
The cashier…took the homeless guy’s 50 cents but he charged
me for the full 79 cents for the doughnut.
Ism’s and privilege are so pervasive that people don’t give
it a second thought and everyone suffers in the exchange
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