SO...there I am...at the assembly at the school...for kindergarten graduation commencements.
O_M_G & I walk in & have a seat...as we do this..I can not help to notice that damned near EVERYBODY watched us do so, & NO ONE made it a nonchalant action...I understand this...we are colourful...& a slight oddity.
What else I could not help to notice...is that most of the WHITE PEOPLES had this look on their face like someone had just feed them alum....some of them looked worse...& a small few (the ones with LOTS of tats stickin' out of their shirts) were just lookin'. WHILST the tremendous majority of the BROWN PEOPLES were smilin', noddin', wavin', or sayin' hellows...(nope, not a single whitey said hi.)
NOW...I understand peoples that NEVER saw our familia before may act in a certain manner out of fear of the unknown...but, here is a group of peoples that have seen me many times (I don't miss ANY assemblies)...many have talked to me, albeit in passing, & out of extreme boredom or annoyance...when they were all alone...like, soccer mom lady loves to bitch about the principle & the rules she don't like, & how inconvenient it is that our kids class is late getting out...but, if there is ANYONE else to talk to..I AM AS A GHOST TO THEM...What The Fuck!?!?!
SO, the thingy was over, & we are all waiting to get our kids & leave...many peoples were gathered...chattin'...peoples sayin' their good-byes to their acquainted peoples...this is the weird part...the white & brown crowds did not really talk or cavort at all...this is the funny part...not one white person (& I know some of them, & more of them know me) said shit to my fam...HOWEVER...just about every brown-mom (& the 3 dads that were there) I talked to the whole year waved, came & said, "See you next year?", nodded (it's a ghetto thing), or directly talked at me for a moment.
This is the wackiest part...one of the Grandpas (he's dark brown) came up to me & gave me a stout handshake hug...FUCKED UP PART HERE...we carried on for a moment (we talk a bit every time we see each other)..& he made his way to the next peoples he was goin' to...I got half a dozen dirtier than normal looks...SERIOUSLY..I felt immediately ready to throw down these looks were so nasty.
So...I guess I am BROWN-BY-ASSOCIATION...or Frieks are lower than Browns in the eyes of the racist/normalist peoples...