With my extensive knowledge of law, I asserted that he should definitely sue the employee for his actions and all will be well. My father instead insisted that the employee was just “dumb” and that I should enjoy the dinner, and forget the whole incident. At home, I was opening up the happy meal box and relishing the hamburger, but there was simply no stopping my inquisitive imagination from running full speed. One moment, I punched the employee in the face. The next moment, I called the cops and watched and laughed as they carried him away to serve a life term. Sitting there, squeezing half a burger in both hands, the other half in my mouth, I couldn’t help but be saddened by this all. I never truly understood what had happened until it all settled. This was my first experience of racism in this world. I did not fully understand it but it was painful. Thinking to myself, I concluded that maybe I needed this jolt of reality, that the world was imperfect and there will be these type of people. The child in me asked to myself, why are some people like this? Even today, I do not know If I have the answer to
With my extensive knowledge of law, I asserted that he should definitely sue the employee for his actions and all will be well. My father instead insisted that the employee was just “dumb” and that I should enjoy the dinner, and forget the whole incident. At home, I was opening up the happy meal box and relishing the hamburger, but there was simply no stopping my inquisitive imagination from running full speed. One moment, I punched the employee in the face. The next moment, I called the cops and watched and laughed as they carried him away to serve a life term. Sitting there, squeezing half a burger in both hands, the other half in my mouth, I couldn’t help but be saddened by this all. I never truly understood what had happened until it all settled. This was my first experience of racism in this world. I did not fully understand it but it was painful. Thinking to myself, I concluded that maybe I needed this jolt of reality, that the world was imperfect and there will be these type of people. The child in me asked to myself, why are some people like this? Even today, I do not know If I have the answer to