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Be careful with dem Bumper Stickers

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 Not ashamed to admit going all the way back to my Roswell High days, that I was quite the Subway Sandwich man. Always thought Taco Bell, MacDonalds were bad for your health. That is why I believe Dions out of Albuquerque has been a God Send. All 230 churches in Alien City should include an honorable mention in their Wednesday and Sunday Sermons. So we got stuck behind this NYC Empire State Yankee while waiting in line at Dions. No problema!  It is a free country and even Kamala Harris Lovers are allowed down South, but just look at this Yankee's bumper stickers which include Malcom X's infamous "by any means necessary" and Maybe George Orwell got the year wrong. WTF does that mean? Is this guy trying to start a race war in his Subaru Outback license plate JFE 2675?  We could not see if the driver was a Black Man. I work with some African Americans in the school district and have a lot of respect for them because they know their place. We even have some of them over f...

Unintentional Microaggression

 I am new to this so there may be something in the definition of the term Microaggression indicating most are not intended.  I was strolling down the hall of my former employer passing by a new hire who happened to be Black. She had sort of a deer in headlight look in her eyes and I wanted to make her feel welcome. I asked our new accounts payable specialist who she like in the NBA finals. Her reaction caught me off guard as she seemed surprised and miffed choosing not to respond. She was not rude. I have not seen her since but do wonder if this counts as a microaggression according to racial specialist Spanierman. I did feel faintly guilty even though I am not certain that the new employee was even upset at my query or just overwhelmed on the first day of her new job. I do understand she might have thought something like "do you really believe basketball it the only topic I can comment on intelligently?" I will defend the White Race by stating how sad it is that we can be br...