It's because I'm...

[Becks]

"I deserve free stuff because I am (insert minority of choice here)!" How stupid and short sighted is that?

I deserve free stuff because I'm a working poor, lower middle class white woman in the 25-46 age bracket, and the only things advertised to ME are feminine hygiene products, tabloids, soap operas and household cleaning products. And since they are advertised to me, I should get a discount on them/get them for free.

Bleh.

/sarcasm

[RecoveringKinkoid]

I've actually said, when someone said "It's because I'm black, isnt' it?" to me, "No, actually, it's because you're an asshole."

[WHShit]

I hate when people call you racist for no reason and as an excuse.

I used to host at a 24 hr diner. I did the late shift (10pm-6am) on weekends. We would get tons of guys from the clubs coming in drunk after partying all night. Let's just say, I got hit on alot.

I had this one customer, he was a black guy. He was nice and all, but a bit too in-your-face for me, and to be honest, no offense, but I am just not attracted to black guys. I am not racist, just not attracted. Just I am not attracted to red heads. Personal preference and all. Anyway, he would hit on me all the time, and me, being nice and nervous, would always just take it and say nothing or make up a smartass comment. Anyway, this escalated into him one day asking if I'd like to "get up with him". I told him that I was involved with someone at the moment. He would always come in and ask...and it got to the point that it was annoying. I had told him no numerous times and he would not stop. So, he asked me the last time and I told him that I just wasn't interested. He asked why. I said that I just wasn't and that was sorry. He said that it was because he was black and called me a racist!!! I told him that I was not a racist, but just was not attracted to black guys. Not HIM in particular, just not black guys. So, he called me a racist bitch and that was that!

God...just accept that not everyone you like is going to like you back and take no for an answer the first time...not the 10th!

[RecoveringKinkoid]

I like how it can't just be that you aren't attracted to HIM. It has to be because you are racist, right? Some guys think they are so charming that you couldn't possibly be simply not interested.

I do, in fact, find some black guys attractive. In fact, I prefer more ethnic looking men. My husband looks mullato (actually, he's part Melungeon). He's the sexiest man I've ever laid eyes on. But I don't find ALL black guys attractive, just as I dont' find all white guys attractive. I don't think I'd appreciate my honest statement, "Sorry, I'm just not interested" being thrown up in my face as evidence that I'm a racist.

We had one bonehead accuse my friend D, who is white, of being racist because she walked up to the counter to take orders and found two people there...a black man and a white woman...both at the counter at the same time. She didn't see who came in first and neither volunteered any clue, so she took the lady first. BECAUSE SHE WAS A LADY. Got accused of being a racist by the idiot man. Really upset her, especially in light of the fact that her long time best friend and current roomate was a black chick.

[Mixed Bag]

It seems rare enough that neither of two customers would suggest who was there first and that the server wouldn't ask, but for that to happen when one of them would be upset...sounds like one was looking for an excuse to vent.

[Slave to the Phone]

and to be honest, no offense, but I am just not attracted to black guys. I am not racist, just not attracted. Just I am not attracted to red heads. Personal preference and all.

I'm happily married and have been forever, but I still look. I don't find young men attractive. Never did, they just look unfinished to me. Now that I'm old enough to be the CS Geezer (Hi Ree ), there is plenty of eye-candy in my social group.

Does this mean I've always been an Agist?

[dispatch]

while working as an account specialist for a major credit card company I got a call one night from someone in applications who said they had a gentleman wanting to speak to an account specialist becuase they didn't beleive her when she told him that he had to have a social security card to get a credit card, it was slow and she sounded like she was on the verge of tears, so I told her I'd handle it, I went back and foirth with this guy for 20 minutes explaining the policy, the reasons for it, and when I asked if there was anything else I could help him with he replied that I could help him get a credit card and his student visa should be enough to get one, so I summed up the policy again and he replied (in a thick middle-eastern accent) "ahhhh, since 9/11 the US has just been trying to make things harder for muslims"
me: "Sir, I'm not going to discuss US foreign policy with you, if you don't have a SS card you can't get a mastercharge account, now is there anything within reason that we have not yet covered that I can assist you with?"

they pulled it for QA and gave me some greif about not being polite, but when I pointed out that this guy just wanted to argue with me until I did something impossible for him they loosened up

[Worker-Intellectual]

Me and another co-worker (let's just call him "S") have a little inside joke that we do sometimes at works... needless to say it confuses people

S: (says anything to me, usually along the lines of "you suck" or something)
Me: "You just hate me cause I'm black" (I'm white)
S: "No, I hate you because you're Jewish" (Also not Jewish, but I've been told I could pass for one...)

It usually ends with me calling him a fascist and him calling me a commie... then I correct him and tell him that I'm not a commie... I'm a card-carrying commie

[tensaineko]

one of my best friends in school (and biggest art rival) was 1/2 black 1/2 white but appeared black, so we made jokes about him being "so white" and "its because your white", every once in a while he would say somthing that is concidered "striotypical black talk" and we would all look at him in amazement "OMG your black!!" (one time when i wore a skirt to school he said "OMG your a girl!!" so it was all even)

alot of people looked at us wierd

[Canarr]

Anybody remember the TV show Picket Fences? At least, that was the title in Germany.

The Jewish lawyer, Wambaugh, would pull this constantly in court. When the - black - DA objected to any of his harebrained ideas, he'd claim it was "just because I'm Jewish/not black/old/have MS..." Then again, that was among the most harmless stuff he pulled...

Damn, I miss that show. Great entertainment.

[Barefootgirl]

There is a British comedian called Ali G, whose catchphrase is "Is it because I is black?" The joke is that he is actually a white Jewish guy, but he likes to dress up as a typical "gangsta " and use street lingo, etc. He plays the driver in the Madonna video for Music, the one who says "Is you Madonna? Your Babylons look bigger on the telly !"

He's also the same guy who plays Borat, if anyone's seen that film yet.

Both Ali G and Borat are very aggravating characters, but I think they have actually had some effect on limiting the more stupid cries of racist that we see. For example, very few aggreived black people would ever try and pull that "Is it because I'm black" line anymore, because it sounds ridiculous, as if they are aping Ali G, and most people would jsut laugh when faced with something like that.

I used to work with an "old school" police sergeant.He was never racist or deliberately offensive to anyone, he was charm itself most of the time. However, when he ran across stupid people or obnoxious people, he could be extremely scathing. Many people took offence to being set straight so bluntly, and would ask for his name and number, so they could complain about them. He would look them straight in the eye and say, "My number is PS 49, that's four-nine, and my name is Sergeant Derek Lewis, thats L-E-W-I-S. My senior officer is Inspector David Jones [or whatever it was] and his working hours are x, y and z." I think the guy had the fewest complaints in the entire Metropolitan Police.

[Lace Neil Singer]

An ex-collegue from the pizza place once got called "honky" by a black woman, just cuz he wouldn't give her a freebie after her pizza was made for her 2 minutes later than she thought it should be. She came in on a Saturday afternoon when the place was heaving, and we were hardly going to drop all the orders already waiting in line and make hers first. It kind of lost its effect, as neither of us had a clue what the insult was meant to mean. Anyone know?

[Barefootgirl]

"Honky" is a rude term for a white person (on a par with "darkie" for a black person, I suppose, not quite as nasty as n*gger). I have no idea of the origin of the term, and its a VERY uncommon insult in England. I expect the silly cow had heard it on an American TV show, and tried to be clever. The effect backfires somewhat when your intended target doesn't know that what you've said is meant to be an insult !!!!

[Lace Neil Singer]

"Honky" is a rude term for a white person (on a par with "darkie" for a black person, I suppose, not quite as nasty as n*gger). I have no idea of the origin of the term, and its a VERY uncommon insult in England. I expect the silly cow had heard it on an American TV show, and tried to be clever. The effect backfires somewhat when your intended target doesn't know that what you've said is meant to be an insult !!!!

Definitely. I think she expected my collegue to be horrorstricken and/or upset, rather than staring at her in confusion.

[Barefootgirl]

While I was writing my Ali G post, I completely forgot the best "Ali G" type encounter I ever had. I'd taken my car in for its MOT (annual vehicle inspection) and was waiting to collect it, when a chap who happened to be black began arguing with the chap on reception (who also wasn't exactly lily-white!). He was arguing about some aspect of the work that had been done on his car, and wanted a discount, and eventually came out with the line, "This is bullsh*t, man ! This is just because I'm black, innit /". As one, the four other people in the waiting area said, "No, it's because you is stupid" !!!

He shut up after that.