tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7529903.post1583040928263772424..comments2024-03-07T11:39:09.758+11:00Comments on Will Type For Food: The first black white President of the United StatesTimThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10333303180015967125noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7529903.post-7514150746683684022014-12-30T18:31:55.362+11:002014-12-30T18:31:55.362+11:00My excuse would be opposite - I'd plead agilit...My excuse would be opposite - I'd plead agility, and sprint very quickly in the opposite direction. <br /><br />Though I suppose I could just help them.TimThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10333303180015967125noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7529903.post-34328938687961391382014-12-30T13:48:30.960+11:002014-12-30T13:48:30.960+11:00I'm a short American (and also old, therefore ...I'm a short American (and also old, therefore presumed weak, which I exploit as often as possible), and I have asked for help getting things off high shelves. Perhaps I should seek some sort of penance? A walker, or one of those Wal-Mart electric carts? Or I could go the other way, and just start punching out black children I encounter in stores? I can always plead senility.RebeccaHhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15113907852048577121noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7529903.post-90468123271705393202014-12-28T00:00:46.207+11:002014-12-28T00:00:46.207+11:00"I tell this story – I mean, even as the firs...<i>"I tell this story – I mean, even as the first lady – during that wonderfully publicized trip I took to Target, not highly disguised, the only person who came up to me in the store was a woman who asked me to help her take something off a shelf. Because she didn't see me as the first lady, she saw me as someone who could help her. Those kinds of things happen in life. So it isn't anything new."</i>~~Mrs Obama.<br>This horrific story has made me aware that I too am a victim of racism. As a 6'4" anglo-celtic Australian I have been asked by a number of people in supermarkets to get items from high shelves. I feel so abused.Mercurius Aulicushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05130901970855873480noreply@blogger.com