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When Will People See?
Recently, I was at Home Depot when a white man came up to me in the aisle and jerked his chin in the direction of my shopping cart where my two children, ages 7 and 4, sat chomping on hot pretzels.
“Where are they from?” the man asked. “Mexico?”
“Guatemala,” I said uncertain where the conversation was headed.
“Well,” said the man, folding his arms. “Let’s hope they bring something good to this country, instead of just taking everything.”
When I told this story to a friend in my neighborhood, another adoptive mom with a daughter from Guatemala in addition to two blonde-haired biological kids, she nodded.
“I was at Walgreen’s with the girls, and Maria wandered down the aisle with a candy bar in her hand. A man came up to her and said ‘You know you have to pay for that, missy.’” My friend shook her head. “Mind you, Maria’s two blonde-haired sisters were walking around with candy bars in their hands, too, but he didn’t say a word to them. Only to Maria.”
By Jessica O'DwyerMother Defers Her Friends for Her Son’s
“I’m not like THEM,” you complain to your husband as you head to your son’s game. “I need some alone time.”
“Yeah,” he shrugs, checking his Home Depot list. You refrain from asking why he’s doing this project now when you were hoping he’d handle baseball detail. “Some people are better at deferring.”
You repeat this to yourself as you sit on the bleachers, trying to act like you’re following a play. You say hi to some new parents, smile, ask them questions. They answer minimally, eyes tracking the players, apparently fascinated by something. They mention ref’s calls, sight rules of the game. Then the woman turns back to her Sudoku while the guy inserts one iPod ear bud, leaving the other to dangle over his designer T-shirt. He continues to survey the field, texting absent-mindedly.
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