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that this guy thinks incest is best.
I'm nice to everyone, as far as first introductions go, so I say “ Hello ” to the guy, and he
just looks at me with his strange, beady eyes, not saying a word. For a second there, I think
that he may be deaf, but he finally murmurs back with “ Hello ” as well. Then he asks, “ Isn't
there some rice you should be picking? ” So there are rednecks in California after all!
banging?”
I look straight at him, unaffected with poise. “ Isn't there some cousin you should be
Billy Bob starts laughing, as if we're old chums sharing dirty jokes from high school. I
guess he doesn't realize that he just got owned.
“ See here, Chinaman. I'm just yanking yer chain. ”
“ First of all, I'm not from China, Billy Bob. It's certainly alright if you want to be racist,
since all Americans have the right to believe whatever they want. But at least get your sh*t
straight. Besides, the war's been over for a long time and Charlie ain't coming to get you
anymore, so no need to attack every slant-eye that you see. ” d@mn it feels good to set him
straight.
Billy Bob doesn't reply back, obviously because he just got put in his place. I finish
paying for our stuff so Gabriel and I head back to the car. I tell him about what just happened
and naturally, he gets all fired up.
“ Dude. Let's kick his hillbilly @ss. That is seriously messed up, ” Gabriel screams, as
we drive onto the highway. “ Turn back around and I'll revenge Hiroshima on his cracker
@ss. ” I start snickering at his remark. “ Come on, man! Turn back around, ” Gabriel insists
effusively.
I can understand Japanese revenge, but two wrongs don't make a right. Besides, Billy
Bob had nothing to do with World War II, and I really don't feel like calling my parents to bail
me out of jail, with the explanation that we had to beat up a gas station attendant. In
retrospect, it would have felt pretty d@mn good to kick that redneck's @ss, but ignorant
people like him aren't worth the effort.
This incident reminds me of an article that I read in the newspaper a few months ago,
about a group of teenage skinheads that spray-painted swastikas on neighborhood cars in the
middle of the night. Only they spray-painted the Nazi swastika symbol backwards, which
incidentally means the Buddhist symbol for love and compassion! Like I said before, I really
have no problems which racists because they have the right to believe whatever they want;