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Oct 01, 2010, 05:47 PM
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Member Since: Jun 2007
Location: Chicago, Illinois
Posts: 5,518
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Perna
it didn't apply to the clerk himself
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Hi Perna
Her tirade DID apply to the clerk himself because he was of Mexican heritage. It also applied to his mother and all his friends and relatives. It's much worse than saying "You (or your mother) wear combat boots." It's like saying "You are an inadequate human being and do not deserve to exist - a stain on the earth, an unwanted "alien" to be destroyed." 
If people personally insulted you in such a way on a daily basis, what would you do and what would you expect from the spectators around you?
Not only did it insult the clerk, it insulted my son. My husband, his father, is of Mexican heritage. He loves his father VERY much. If she ever dared to get in his face with such an attitude, I suspect she'd be in for some serious consequences. He's had his fill of bigotry too. Would it have been better for the clerk and my son if she had whispered this to them?
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