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Comments (3)I was watching the other night a stand-up comedy routine by an African-American comedian. She talked about how when she was growing up when she and a sibling would misbehave, her mother would scold them by saying, “stop it, white people are looking at you.” She went on to say that since Barak Obama became President, she feels a little less inhibited and worried if any one is looking at her. I couldn’t help but think of her routine recently when once again I experienced yet another act of thoughtless arrogance. The person standing in front of me last Friday night at the local grocery store was a young, well dressed man. He was wearing a kippah and yes he was having a rather loud conversation on his cellphone. He was buying flowers for Shabbat as well as other… read more
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I have had the exact same experience when shopping. I am amused and shocked then, when people in the Jewish community turn up their noses and act disgusted when they have to deal with ‘the goyishe velt’. By the way, I have been in many of the boys’ Jewish day schools and in many Baltimore City Public Schools. Guess which kids consistently hold the door open for me (as opposed to slamming it in my face)?
Such a wonderful point - so beautifully expressed, B’H!
I make it a point to greet checkout line cashiers and other store employees as warmly as I can, and to always say thank you, especially at 7 Mile Market, where Lord knows the opportunity for non Jewish employees to feel ill will toward Jews is high. Maybe it’s just my Southern upbringing.
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