I have met and known a lot of people, and a vast majority of these people became friends of mine and I have seen different sizes or shape, height and width. And I can say for sure that those annoy me the most are those who are ultra sensitive.
Are they really sensitive, or just plain stupid?
For example: I came back from vacation (Phuket) some time ago and at night, our group of friends came out for tea. A new dude joined us, and we didn’t bother because being the sunshine boys, we welcome any new friends. During our talk and joke about politics, weather, finance, billionaires, and etc, a friend of mine commented that I was very tan (of course! I was doing sun tan on the beautiful beach and it was so nice that I slept for 4 hours straight, under the sun!). I told him the reason and I pointed out that he was getting darker also. Guess what? That new guy just jumped on me saying that I was racism (all of us where some very innocent cute Chinese dude) or I was getting close to racism. I was like, “Huh?”
And then, another friend of mine, James, was trying to crack some jokes so he told the new dude, “Yo! You coming from the dark side?”
The new dude was really offended and started shouting at us being racist pigs and we should be condemned to death. All of us were just thinking of one thing:
“This dude is from another planet and he has never watched Star Wars trilogy!”
We were stunt and quiet. I told that new dude, “Hey… Calm down. Dark doesn’t mean you are an Indian or African. Is it really necessary to scold us because you misunderstood us?” That got him further, and he shouted louder. After scolding us, that guy just stood up and walked away. At that precise moment, all of us burst into hysteric laughter.
So are we being racist? I don’t think so. That new dude is from a Chinese family, and he is of normal tone, but when we were talking about darker skin color, the only thing he could understand was “Indian” or “African American”.
Sometimes when I look back at BunnyWunny (a.k.a aurora) comment, I tend to agree with her completely. The great bun said that “Hmm, how come people find it hard to believe that there really are open books around?” We are just saying what we mean, and yet there are thousands of people who can hear it differently, or interpret it completely off the mark.
Now, is that sensitive or just plain stupid?
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