What Are We Teaching These Kids?
I was just outside walking the baby around my neighborhood so I'd have a break from nursing, and as I walked down 21st Street toward Cherry, a girl hung out the window of a school bus—A SCHOOL BUS!—and screamed "WHITEY!" at me. A very large, seemingly very angry boy hung out the adjacent window and screamed, "FUCKING CRACKER!" At me, a woman pushing a stroller. Out the window of a school bus.
I'm still shaking my head over it.
Posted by Lori in philadelphia at 5:13 PM on February 10, 2005
Comments (3)
Considering that's the area around several museums, are you sure they were Philadelphia kids and not out-of-towners?
Posted by Mithras | February 10, 2005 6:11 PM
Posted on February 10, 2005 18:11
I didn't say they were from Philly -- just that I was in Philly when the incident happened. (And where the kids were from is hardly the point.)
Posted by Lori | February 10, 2005 6:26 PM
Posted on February 10, 2005 18:26
If only I could've explained the world to them. Yes, I am white as a saltine and yes I am getting some. However I prefer a dark rye cracker to a saltine and you're still not out of high school so you don't need to be getting any.
Hey, it's sad, but they don't know you so it can't be personal. It's baggage they have to carry. You don't have to pick it up just cause they set it at your feet.
Posted by Stephen | February 14, 2005 3:06 PM
Posted on February 14, 2005 15:06