Experiences
14/11/07 10:38
Well, this
week has been absolute hell, which explains the lack
of posting over the last few days. I was in the
library until 4:15 am last night.
Well, here are two experiences I've had over the past few days. Take them for what they're worth.
1) After handing a quarter sheet to a lady during the diaper drive on Sunday, she demanded to know whether the Northwest Center was a Catholic institution. When she learned that it wasn't, she proceeded to ramble and rant that "Good, I don't support anything Catholic. I don't support the Catholic Church....I'm very anti-Catholic". Well, needless to say, I guess I shouldn't have been surprised when someone like this didn't donate to us. This was the first time I've ever seen such blatant anti-Catholicism. I was curious to know what her problem was with Catholics (including myself and the two other Georgetown kids there), but didn't want to ask and risk an argument that would get us kicked out of the store. Must be tough living with a hatred of 1/4th of the country.
2) Last night in the library, at about 2 AM, there was a group of kids sitting in the chairs in the quiet section, obnoxiously talking loudly and joking around. Myself and the friend behind me, as well as everyone else in the library I'm sure, was actually trying to get work done and make it home for the night. But nope, not these kids. Apparently the library is the cool place to simply hang out and disrupt other people. So, like I would do to anyone in this situation, I stuck my head out of my cube and quickly gave a Dan English-intimidating stare down (a.k.a not that intimidating). Well, one of the kids told the other three to hush, and then loudly exclaimed that "a stupid white boy stuck his head out of the cube" and "doesn't he know that this is the (insert attitude) second floor of the library where you can talk?". Well. You got me there. Except for the nearby sign that says "This is a quiet study area. No talking." Can you imagine what would have happened if I had audibly said "I wish those stupid black kids would stop being obnoxious in the library"? But its fine that I'm just a stupid white boy.
I ended up leaving the area because I really did have a ton of work to do, but I was angry at myself later for not sticking up for myself there and exposing that horrible double standard that exists today. Instead, I just let it continue. But, work was more important that night.
Well, here are two experiences I've had over the past few days. Take them for what they're worth.
1) After handing a quarter sheet to a lady during the diaper drive on Sunday, she demanded to know whether the Northwest Center was a Catholic institution. When she learned that it wasn't, she proceeded to ramble and rant that "Good, I don't support anything Catholic. I don't support the Catholic Church....I'm very anti-Catholic". Well, needless to say, I guess I shouldn't have been surprised when someone like this didn't donate to us. This was the first time I've ever seen such blatant anti-Catholicism. I was curious to know what her problem was with Catholics (including myself and the two other Georgetown kids there), but didn't want to ask and risk an argument that would get us kicked out of the store. Must be tough living with a hatred of 1/4th of the country.
2) Last night in the library, at about 2 AM, there was a group of kids sitting in the chairs in the quiet section, obnoxiously talking loudly and joking around. Myself and the friend behind me, as well as everyone else in the library I'm sure, was actually trying to get work done and make it home for the night. But nope, not these kids. Apparently the library is the cool place to simply hang out and disrupt other people. So, like I would do to anyone in this situation, I stuck my head out of my cube and quickly gave a Dan English-intimidating stare down (a.k.a not that intimidating). Well, one of the kids told the other three to hush, and then loudly exclaimed that "a stupid white boy stuck his head out of the cube" and "doesn't he know that this is the (insert attitude) second floor of the library where you can talk?". Well. You got me there. Except for the nearby sign that says "This is a quiet study area. No talking." Can you imagine what would have happened if I had audibly said "I wish those stupid black kids would stop being obnoxious in the library"? But its fine that I'm just a stupid white boy.
I ended up leaving the area because I really did have a ton of work to do, but I was angry at myself later for not sticking up for myself there and exposing that horrible double standard that exists today. Instead, I just let it continue. But, work was more important that night.
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