RE: COVID-19 Check-in Thread
06-01-2020, 03:14 PM (This post was last modified: 06-01-2020, 03:15 PM by Dragonflight.)
06-01-2020, 03:14 PM (This post was last modified: 06-01-2020, 03:15 PM by Dragonflight.)
I like to tell myself that it's not as prevalent in Canada, but recent history proves otherwise. Such as the girl who "fell" off of her balcony after police kept her family outside the apartment and did... something... inside the place.
That's ugly, and I hope the truth comes out soon. But then a friend of mine, someone I've known for well-on 30 years now, tells me "When in Rome, they need to do as the Romans do. What they do during Ramadan or stuff like that, it stays in their homes. What they do in the privacy of their homes is their business. But when in public, they need to behave like we do."
I had to call that out. I don't know if we're friends anymore, but I couldn't let overt racism pass me by without comment. I'm also more than a little shocked that someone I thought I knew turned out to have such an ugly racist streak in them.
That's ugly, and I hope the truth comes out soon. But then a friend of mine, someone I've known for well-on 30 years now, tells me "When in Rome, they need to do as the Romans do. What they do during Ramadan or stuff like that, it stays in their homes. What they do in the privacy of their homes is their business. But when in public, they need to behave like we do."
I had to call that out. I don't know if we're friends anymore, but I couldn't let overt racism pass me by without comment. I'm also more than a little shocked that someone I thought I knew turned out to have such an ugly racist streak in them.