So yesterday I get home and trading spouses is on. This particular episode has one lesbian couple and one couple from Oregon. The wife from Oregon basically freaks out when she finds out that she is going to be staying with a lesbian and talks about how it is a birth defect ect. Then she finds out that the family has a house keeper that is an immigrant from Mexico, she goes on a tirade about how Mexicans are taking over the country and are doing nothing but committing crimes once they get in. She is like this the entire week, including in public, it was extremely uncomfortable to even watch. When a person acts out that much when they are being filmed for tv how are they in every day life? Have you ever been in a situation where you were so uncomfortable that you wanted to leave?
I will try again later to find a clip from the show, I couldn't find one this morning.
I will try again later to find a clip from the show, I couldn't find one this morning.
I have been in a situation where I wanted to flippin disappear. So, my uncle is the president of a large state university, and he is also African American. My family and I were at his house for the holidays, and I brought a few movies along to watch while we were there. I was probably 18 years old, and had not yet seen enough of the world to be as sensitive as I should have been, and put in the movie "Boondock Saints". If you've seen this movie, you might remember the joke told in the film about the genie. To watch the joke, follow the link below:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lKKur8C4WVg
So I'm sitting there with my Uncle, a highly educated, respected, and powerful black man, and I felt about an inch tall. I didn't know what to do. Shortly before the joke, I remembered it was coming and thought "Holy shit, this is NOT good! Do I stop it? My uncle is a man, he's probably heard much worse, maybe he'd be insulted if I tried to "protect" him? Well, I didn't do anything, the joke played, and my uncle didn't respond either way. He finished the movie with me, and never mentioned it. Think I should've apologized? Think I should've turned it off? Think I STILL owe him an apology?