Josh’s Blog

It’s amazing the power of ones words. One sentence can cut to the core or take you to the clouds. Of course it’s the way that you say the words as well. Tonight I had an altercation with a gentleman at work. He basically called me a racist unfarely and I had to set him straight. I told him that I wasn’t prejudice (partly true) or racist (true) and it hurt me that he said that. I say partly true as everyone can be prejudice in some way. It’s very hard not to prejudge people in my line of work. Anyway, He said this after I (seemingly) showed favor towards a caucasian gentleman rather than showing favor towards this african-american gentleman. In the end he half-heartedly said he was sorry that he hurt my feelings.

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