man, i need a beer, badly.
i just moved my truck behind my building, and as i was getting out, a woman in a mercedes tried to squeeze into the spot in front of me. as she banged into the grill guard on the front of my truck, i got out and snapped, "hey, watch it."
well, this very large african american woman leaned out the window, shouting at me, "do you have a problem, mother ****er?"
i said "yeah, you just hit my truck."
she jumped out of her car with abandon (of course with handicapped plates and sineage) repeatedly calling me a redneck, and a nigger, a typical cracker-ass racist. then she threatened that she'd kick my ass if i didn't walk away.
i was astonished, and for some stupid reason i began to argue with her. i told her that her racial bullshit was nonsense, and that she was out of line even using language like that. using a line from "lawrence of arabia", i shouted back that she and her kind would always be a small and backwards people so long as they propogated that kind of crap.
that only made the epithets come faster and louder, which began to attract a crowd of very angry looking people from the projects across the street.
so, using the camera in my phone i started recording her rant and threatening gestures.
an african american co-worker came by and tried to make peace, shaking her hand and pulling me away, telling her that he'd set me straight. but i was having none of it. NO ONE is gonna pull that race card crap on me. not on me. so as she said that i should kiss her ass, i told her that the entire crowd could because it was big enough. that got a few laughs, allowing me an egress.
i stared down the maddening mob as she got back in her car and moved it across the street, screaming the entire time. i walked into my building, but felt badly that i'd lost my cool and insulted her when what she needed most was a lesson in decency and humilty.
so i went back out and pushed my way back into the crowd, who were all now getting themselves whipped up with anti-white expressions and insults.
i think i shocked the shit out of all of them, not only for coming back into what would appear to be a gauntlet, but also when i calmly apologized for my indiscretion. i practically preached to them all that this is a different world now. if they ever wanted to get out of the projects, they'd better lose that backwards ****in' idealogy, and get to becoming some semblance of a decent part of society.
with many jaws dropped, a few older people around started clapping, and the woman suddenly changed her tune, attempting to apologize back and make excuses for her bad bahaviour.
the crowd sorta backed up, then seperated, (hopefully) ashamed at themselves.
i told them all to think about what they just did, and that they all needed some humility and some respect for their fellow man.
as i walked away, and old african american couple thanked me, and escorted me back across the street to my door.
i shit you not.
so yes, i really need a beer. my heart is still going a mile a minute, and the sweat is still pouring down my reddened face.
and i really hope my truck is still there when i leave. i need some way of getting these giant brass balls home...