Some Yankee Whitemen

So the whitemen here are a female perfume seller in a mall and her supervisor. They are true Yankees, a Yankee being someone who rode the Mayflower to New England and has been there ever since. King Arthur is a professor from a foreign country.

King Arthur: One bottle of Hermes perfume, please.
Whiteman: You can’t afford that.
K.A.: Excuse me?
Whiteman: You can’t afford that.
K.A.: May I see your supervisor?
Whiteman: Isn’t necessary.
K.A.: I insist.
Whiteman Redux: You can’t afford that.

Security Guard: I think you should let him buy that.
Whitemen: He can’t afford it.
Security Guard: He is paying with American Express.
Whitemen: The card is stolen, or counterfeit.
Security Guard: Run it through. He has identification.
Whitemen: Let us see his driver’s license.
Security Guard: His identification is a passport.

Whiteman Redux (examining passport): Oh. Oh, oh, oh. Sir. I am so sorry. I thought you were Mexican. Please forgive me. Please continue to shop at our store.
K.A. (to Security Guard): Thank you for helping me to buy my mother’s birthday present. I must ask you one more favor. Can you tell me how one goes about filing a complaint for racism in this mall?

Axé.


4 thoughts on “Some Yankee Whitemen

  1. There is something very eerie and ironic about being mistreated and then apologized to afterwards. Good for King Arthur.

  2. Yes – they do it to African-Americans in Brazil (and yet they don’t think they’re racist there).

    When I was younger they would do it to me at the library and then say they were sorry, they thought I was a student.

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