Did I hear that right?
I think that I was just the target of a cowardly racial epithet.
I had just crossed the street after having left home to go to work. I had the light and right of way. There was a car that was waiting for me to get across so that it could turn, but he could not have been waiting for more than three seconds. When I got to the other side, the guy turned without incident, and the guy behind him blew straight through the intersection. Before doing so, he rolled down his window (I should remind you all that today was NOT a day to be riding around in your car with the windows down) and screamed, "FUCKING NIGGERRRR!" at me.
Let's see what the apologists and so on might have to say about this.
1) I had caused a three-second delay in his trip. It could have resulted in him having to wait on a red light, because I caused the guy in front of him to hold off on turning. I basically ruined his morning. It wasn't really racist, because he was just mad at having been delayed.
2) He wasn't really talking to me. He was talking to the driver in front of him that had turned right, but when I looked up, it only looked as though he were targeting me. I have no idea if the other driver were black, brown or purple. He just wanted in insult someone that had caused a delay. Not racist.
3) He didn't say, "Fucking nigger". He said, "Chrono Trigger", which is one of my favorite games on the SNES. Cool.
What the fuck was wrong with this guy? How can anyone justify this kind of behaviour? If he weren't hiding in his car, and I confronted him, what could he say? That if it weren't for people like me he would have his own country? (This actually happened two years ago downtown after he targeted me with a couple of "FUCK LES NÈGRES!") Did I do something wrong? I know that there are people, more than you would think, that believe in what this dickhole did. If anyone can come up with anything that makes even a bit of sense, I would like to hear it.
I had just crossed the street after having left home to go to work. I had the light and right of way. There was a car that was waiting for me to get across so that it could turn, but he could not have been waiting for more than three seconds. When I got to the other side, the guy turned without incident, and the guy behind him blew straight through the intersection. Before doing so, he rolled down his window (I should remind you all that today was NOT a day to be riding around in your car with the windows down) and screamed, "FUCKING NIGGERRRR!" at me.
Let's see what the apologists and so on might have to say about this.
1) I had caused a three-second delay in his trip. It could have resulted in him having to wait on a red light, because I caused the guy in front of him to hold off on turning. I basically ruined his morning. It wasn't really racist, because he was just mad at having been delayed.
2) He wasn't really talking to me. He was talking to the driver in front of him that had turned right, but when I looked up, it only looked as though he were targeting me. I have no idea if the other driver were black, brown or purple. He just wanted in insult someone that had caused a delay. Not racist.
3) He didn't say, "Fucking nigger". He said, "Chrono Trigger", which is one of my favorite games on the SNES. Cool.
What the fuck was wrong with this guy? How can anyone justify this kind of behaviour? If he weren't hiding in his car, and I confronted him, what could he say? That if it weren't for people like me he would have his own country? (This actually happened two years ago downtown after he targeted me with a couple of "FUCK LES NÈGRES!") Did I do something wrong? I know that there are people, more than you would think, that believe in what this dickhole did. If anyone can come up with anything that makes even a bit of sense, I would like to hear it.
Even in a brawl with a black dude I couldn't bring myself to say it just to piss him off some more. I dunno.
People think they are justified in letting rip any insane stupid racist comment just because they are angry, fucking nigger, stupid chink, dumbass spik, goddamn cracker, fucking frog la la la la la la.
People are mostly inherently racist assholes and think that anger liberates them from the social contract that binds us.But I'm a misanthrope. I have little faith in people.
I'm sorry people still call black people nigger. You'd think we'd move beyond that.
A few weeks ago, I was crossing the street. The walking signal was lit up when I started walking, but it just so happened that the clock hit zero seconds before I got all the way across.
The guy rolled down his window and yelled, "FUCKING BITCH!"
This may be the same guy as your guy, who knows?
But it supports what DAVE ID wrote - that some people are so angry that the most insane garbage will come out of their mouth. If you were wearing a hoodie and he couldn't tell the colour of your skin, he probably would have yelled out, "FUCKING SLACKER!" Or some such.
Of course this doesn't justify his behaviour or make him innocent of racism.
Chances are, if the guy is that angry while at a stoplight, he's angry at everyone and everything else too.
It just saddens me that people are that angry.
I should also mention that Julie was accosted last year by a cabbie making lewd and offensive sexual remarks to her. It's a violation, period. Today, I didn't feel particularly upset by it, probably since it was a drive-by, but other times haven't been as easy.