I am heated right now...

[jb666]

So.. it's Halloween... I figured I would not be such a scrooge and stand at my door and give out candy...

I turned my front light on , and stood there.. Four 10/11 year old Oriental kids come walking down the sidewalk. One of the boys says "Oh this is where Americans live, go by here!".

Americans?? WTF?? REALLY???  Is that was it's coming to?

While I wanted to beat the little bastards, I quickly realized their parents were the ones I should be beating.. 

[Charger-Bodie]

....But, keep in mind that only Caucasian people can be racist.

[RD]

OMG!!!!!!  glad i am in Kansas

[Vainglory, Esq.]

If this gets you "heated" you need a stiff drink and chill pill.  They're just kids.  They're trick or treating for fuck's sake.  Let it go man.

But in the meantime, here's a meme to brighten your day.

[RD]

hmmmm would get me heated.  if a group of 10/11 white kids did that to a minority families house... ACLU would have been there 5 minutes before it happened.

just another nail in the "desensitization of the ethnic majority discriminatory coffin" if you ask me vain, but oh well you didnt ask.

jb666.. you have every right to feel the way you did.. and no..  you do not need to dip into the sauce, nor take a downer to cope with it.  your pissed off reaction was legitimate in its own right.

[NHCharger]

Jeff, was he referring to your house or your entire neighborhood?
And when he said "go by here" did he mean the American's have all the good candy, or be careful this guy mixes ex-lax in the candy?

[skip68]

:WTF: ..............    Jeff is a white American ??   Oh great......  all this time and I had no idea that I was talking to a dirty white American.   There goes the neighborhood ....   LOL!

[1969chargerrtse]

I see your point.  Sad state of affairs.

[PocketThunder]

....But, keep in mind that only Caucasian people can be racist.

You got that right, now go to the back of the bus!

[The70RT]

Some kid at school called me a racist because I told them to pick up their garbage when they was done eating....I said of course I am I watched the race yesterday 

[Old Moparz]

Maybe the kids were just speaking the truth & jb666 is the only American family on the block?  

[elacruze]

So.. it's Halloween... I figured I would not be such a scrooge and stand at my door and give out candy...

I turned my front light on , and stood there.. Four 10/11 year old Oriental kids come walking down the sidewalk. One of the boys says "Oh this is where Americans live, go by here!".

Americans?? WTF?? REALLY???  Is that was it's coming to?

While I wanted to beat the little bastards, I quickly realized their parents were the ones I should be beating.. 

Why didn't you ask them what was wrong with being an American?

[nvrbdn]

there is no german family in that neighborhood are you being selective on who can live there?

[Old Moparz]

there is no german family in that neighborhood are you being selective on who can live there?

I think there is a German guy renting a room in the Irish family's house.

[skip68]

I've found that in most cases the people that first cry racism are the racist. 

[Ponch ®]

oriental huh. 

[Old Moparz]

oriental? 

Maybe he's thinking rug salespeople?   

[Ponch ®]

oriental? 

Maybe he's thinking rug salespeople?   

there's some irony in that somewhere...

[ChgrSteve67]

I had 197 trick or treaters last night. I get pretty much every nationality that exist in the USA at my door and ages from a few months old to parents and grand parents that are 50-60 years old.

My neighbor was walking her kids around and was telling me that she put up a sign that said she did not give out candy to teenagers and adults.

Every now and then I do get some individuals that are rude or disrespectfull but I just have to remember how much fun it is for the 99.9% of the people and kids that like to trick or treat.

Kind of like going to car shows. Most people are glad to see your car but there is always 1 or 2 people that say things that are disrespectfull.

I find comment above ("Oh this is where Americans live, go by here!") very odd. Do you live in China Town Jeff?  
**adding..  be glad they didn't say...  ("Oh this is where Americans live, stay away from there!") obviouly they like Americans.**

I live in a VERY diverse neighborhood but I can't imagine any of my neighbors refering to me as "the American". Of course if they did I would just have the attitude of "Damn Straight I am and I hope you are enjoying your visit, feel free to leave anytime".  I wonder if your GL dosen't have something to do with the comment.  Maybe the kid ment "Nedneck American".
Would definately put you in a special catagory.

Next year you should fly your American Flag on halloween night.

-Steve

[PocketThunder]

Maybe the kids were just speaking the truth & jb666 is the only American family on the block?  

Australian Family        

[elacruze]

Boy I missed that one...

Sounds like it was commentary on how cheap their own 'people' are...

It is sad though that they've been taught that 'Americans' are separate from themselves.

[Ponch ®]

Maybe the kids were just speaking the truth & jb666 is the only American family on the block?  

You got that illustration wrong. The Antarctican family should be upside down too and the two Mexican families should be living in the same house.

Boy I missed that one...

Sounds like it was commentary on how cheap their own 'people' are...

It is sad though that they've been taught that 'Americans' are separate from themselves.

Among certain groups, when they say "Americans" theyre not referring to nationality, but rather it's more often used as an alternative to "white".

So yeah, in essence they were saying "let's go there..that's where the white people live and they'll be more generous with the candy". Is that "racist"? Well, do you want to be called a racist if you don't want to take your kids trick or treating in the ghetto?

The "Twilight Zone" morale of this story is that for all the groveling that some white people do about minorities always crying racism about everything, nowadays it's white people who take any perceived slight or gesture, however trivial it may be, by a minority (or even by other white people) as a symbol of reverse racism or prejudice and turn it into a bigger deal than it really is. As my attorney said....sometime you just gotta take a chill pill and let it go.

This is, of course, just an observation on my part, but if some asian kids calling you "american" is the worst form of prejudice you've experienced, then you're in good shape.

[jb666]

Maybe the kids were just speaking the truth & jb666 is the only American family on the block?  

OMG, now THAT is some funny stuff right there..

And yeah, in  my neighborhood there's 1 family out of every 20 that's American...

[RD]

Among certain groups, when they say "Americans" theyre not referring to nationality, but rather it's more often used as an alternative to "white".

So yeah, in essence they were saying "let's go there..that's where the white people live and they'll be more generous with the candy". Is that "racist"? Well, do you want to be called a racist if you don't want to take your kids trick or treating in the ghetto?

The "Twilight Zone" morale of this story is that for all the groveling that some white people do about minorities always crying racism about everything, nowadays it's white people who take any perceived slight or gesture, however trivial it may be, by a minority (or even by other white people) as a symbol of reverse racism or prejudice and turn it into a bigger deal than it really is. As my attorney said....sometime you just gotta take a chill pill and let it go.

This is, of course, just an observation on my part, but if some asian kids calling you "american" is the worst form of prejudice you've experienced, then you're in good shape.

i agree to an extent, and what I would want to say will mean nothing in the whole scheme of things as this whole thing could get ugly really quick.

i guess my crux of the issue is that the white people are being labeled Americans and not everyone?  I know it sounds mundane and too sensitive... but I have always championed the "why african-american, hispanic-american.. et al" nonsense... we are all American (to include nacho lol).  Its the divisiveness of the speech that is premise for the separatist mentality that the minorities accuse the majority of having.  If the majority was to promote speech of this nature, it could and would most likely be construed as racist, bigot-ridden, or discriminatory.... BUT when a minority speaks this way it is socially acceptable and we should go drink some alcohol and take a chill pill.

Personally, I can see where you and vain are coming from, but at the same time its bullshit.. and if the minorities do not like to put up with that type of speech, then why should the majority?

[Old Moparz]

Maybe the kids were just speaking the truth & jb666 is the only American family on the block?  

You got that illustration wrong. The Antarctican family should be upside down too and the two Mexican families should be living in the same house.

No I didn't, Antarctica is at the very bottom of the earth & comes back up the other side. (Ever look at a globe?) Australia doesn't do that. Besides, they have some really weird animals on that island & the cars are right hand drive, so I say it stays upside down by itself on jb666's block. That 2nd Mexican family was in the same house, but when the foreclosures all started they moved into their own place as squatters.