Quote:If racism is still around, you mind citing an example?

 

I see/hear examples almost every day.  It's not so much discrimination (refusing service to somebody because of race), but just outright racism where black people are called the "N" word behind their back by white people.  It happens, but mostly with the older people that I work with.  I personally see it looked down upon by most at my workplace and that's why I say that it's going away.

 

However, if you want a specific example one happened to my parents recently.  I'm bilingual as are my parents.  All of us were born and raised here in the U.S..  It's common for us to speak in Spanish or what I call "Spanglish" where sentences might start in one language and end in another.  A woman had the gall to tell my mother and father in a restaurant recently that they needed to speak English when they were having a private conversation that was none of this woman's business anyway.  My parents basically told this woman to go fornicate herself (which I was proud of) because we aren't mandated to speak a certain language in a social situation.  If my parents or I need to conduct official government business and/or commerce we speak perfectly clear English.

 

Maybe I need to start a HLM movement because Hispanic Lives Matter.

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