I was at Epcot yesterday, and in front of the Chinese area, there were a bunch of guys (and a couple girls) who I will stereotype and call "Jock-type". Which of course is horrible of me to place them in a category like that, as especially to assume that all people of a certain "look" are a certain way.
More to the point though, they were everything that people stereotype about that group. Which pretty much means their true grouping would be in the "asshole" category.
What were they doing to deserve this title? They were taking a picture in front of China - and using their fingers to pull the sides of their eyes. I'm not sure if that's a good enough description, but hopefully people know what I'm taking about.
I'd never actually seen that it person - at least not since elementary school - and I was in a really small town who had never actually seen a Chinese person. On the other hand, these "people" were in the middle of a place dedicated to diversity, in an specific area devoted to China, surrounded by Chinese cast members!
I wanted bad things to happen to them. It was pointed out to me though, that bad things *were* happening to them, every single day that I had to wake up and be that ignorant and unaware of who they are and how they are perceived.
I'd still like to order a drone attack.
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More to the point though, they were everything that people stereotype about that group. Which pretty much means their true grouping would be in the "asshole" category.
What were they doing to deserve this title? They were taking a picture in front of China - and using their fingers to pull the sides of their eyes. I'm not sure if that's a good enough description, but hopefully people know what I'm taking about.
I'd never actually seen that it person - at least not since elementary school - and I was in a really small town who had never actually seen a Chinese person. On the other hand, these "people" were in the middle of a place dedicated to diversity, in an specific area devoted to China, surrounded by Chinese cast members!
I wanted bad things to happen to them. It was pointed out to me though, that bad things *were* happening to them, every single day that I had to wake up and be that ignorant and unaware of who they are and how they are perceived.
I'd still like to order a drone attack.
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In other news, you have one more day until the deadline! http://therealljidol.livejournal.com/652241.html
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Edit - Yay! (no notecard, thanks)
And now that I've actually read the post. Instead of deciding if they're "jocks" or not, just call them racists.
Edited at 2013-05-19 02:18 pm (UTC)
Assholes abound, ugh. I love Epcot, though!
Edited at 2013-05-19 02:21 pm (UTC)
Deliver all of this with a completely straight face, watch them freak out and lose their lunch, walk away laughing your ass off.
Edited at 2013-05-19 03:13 pm (UTC)
Hope you're feeling better than me...
By the way, since I believe you started the trend, would you like one of my FRIST notecards, from the Frist Center for the Visual Arts (Nashville, TN)? If you'd like me to mail you one, just PM me your mailing address. I've only got 4 cards left. :)
I've seen some pretty cool stuff so far. :) There are definite common themes emerging. And I'll admit - there are a few that are really well-written and imaginative and fun, but I'm not sure if I can vote for them because I can't tell which partner did which topic and/or how it relates to the topic.
And ugh - I feel this deep red Seth rage when I see people like that. And yeah, I haven't seen it since elementary school either. I don't know - maybe they're just still elementary school kids mentally and emotionally.
Lol, I am reading all out of order, because I started with my flist and of course that has nothing to do with either alphabetical order or the order in the topic thread. ;)
Meanwhile we have to wait for them to hit the indangered speacies list.
I'd call for a do-over, but seeing that more than half the day has already gone bye-bye...