today at the jewel osco parking lot
a caucasian woman aged 25-30 was standing outside her white car, waiting for her mate, 6 foot tall bigger guy aged 25-30 who came zooming on his bike. and there was an interaction of them accusing this elderly asian man of grazing the side of their bumper
the elderly man “ no, no, no, I didn’t do this because there would also be a mark on my car from this scrape”
and the caucasian guy mocked his sentence and shouted loudly “no, no, no, you don’t know SH*T. This is a BRAND NEW f*cking car”
and then I entered the grocery store
by the time I came out, there was a police car to sort out the issue, and my car was parked next to the caucasian duo
1. there was no way their car was new, as it had many other scrapes and a thick layer of dirt/dust
2. they’re really out here getting angry and falsely accusing a man of scraping their car?
3. there was a microaggression in mimicking the elderly asian man’s pattern of speech, disrespecting him in using foul language and saying he does not know anything
4. i walked past them to my car, and BOTH turned their heads away because they did not want to make eye contact with me, knowing FULL well I witnessed and heard their actions.
whyyyyyyyyyyyyy do people like this exist?!?! whyyyyyyyyyyyy is this something that happens in america?? whyyyyyyy did those people think those words were ok for them to say?? like would that man speak to his parents like that?? would he speak to any other elder like that???
to top it all off, after going home and telling my mom, she said that this is normal and just how the world works, and we just have to not let it affect us (both of us have also experienced microaggressions and blatant racism)
