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[enamoured]

I am pissed off because of some loud, obnoxious, and chronically stupid teenagers at IHOP who I wanted badly to yell at, but didn't, because my mom wouldn't let me because she was worried about me. And I'm friggin' crying and I almost wrote about what exactly pissed me off about the situation, but I just feel like I'm not anywhere near eloquent enough for it.

I do not do well with race issues at all. I'm not stupid. I'm not naive, but I'm idealistic, maybe too idealistic--and I believe the best in everyone. I'm just angry at the fact that because of certain factors, my mom* was scared of me telling a group of seventeen white teenagers that they were being too loud and excessively rude while we were eating. Scared that they'd be stupid enough to cause us or our property harm if I just did something that would've been the right thing to do.

I hate this.

*: my mom was born in the early '50s. She can remember when doing something like I wanted to do could've very well warranted being threatened and/or hurt. She doesn't hate anyone, but she still has that undercurrent of prejudice is still somewhat there.

Comments

[gannet-guts.livejournal.com]

Oh dude, I'm sorry. :/

[lauren5678.livejournal.com]

Some people are just fucktards and I don't understand it. You'd think in this day and age it wouldn't be a problem, but it is. Like the moron high school kids I worked with who used the word "Jewish" as an insult. I wanted to fucking shake them and ask them if they ever heard of them damn Holocaust.

ANYWAY, I'm sorry you had to deal with that. :(

[particle-person.livejournal.com]

Aw, that sucks. *hugs*?

[starlakitty.livejournal.com]

that sucks. teenagers can be really fucking rude and i don't think they realize (or maybe they just don't care) how they are ruining another persn's expierence. maybe next time you guys can just say something to the manager and then they can say something to them on your behalf. the teenagers would never know!

and i don't think they would have caused any personal harm or anything. i understand your mom's worries, considering the era she grew up in, but things are different now.

[library-of-sex.livejournal.com]

Hey, it's alright. Your mom's just looking out for you even though I'm sure telling them off would have felt good and have been the right thing to do. Forget those rude teens, man! They're not worth the stress!

[cottleston-pie.livejournal.com]

Ignorance in everywhere. It would be nice if screaming your head off at a bunch of assholes would fix the problem, but in the end, would you probably end up enraged and they would STILL be the idiotic scum that they are.

It's not that I don't want to put a stop to intolerance. It's just with people like that, telling them off doesn't often work. I agree with starlakitty that telling the manager would've been best. At least in terms of them getting the message that their behavior was unacceptable.