was going to post it last night but didnt know if i should post kind of a shitty story
at my sons soccer practice last night, one of the boys showed up with a new haircut ... normally no big whoop right ... well, the kid is sikh
i dont want to pass judgement on anyone (well maybe 1 guy) or the religion in general for that matter
the kids were all excited and it was funny because they all gathered around him and smiled and stared at him and said stuff like "cool hair" and "what happened to the thing you had on your head" and the kid seemed so so happy
and his mom was sitting on the side talking with the other soccer moms and there were alot of smiles there too
close to the end of practice her husband arrived (up until last night i didnt know they were separated)
background: moms is very "normal", shes indo-canadian, born and raised here ... like any other one of the chatty soccer moms ... pops wears a turban ... thats all i knew about him ... he never spoke a word to any of the other parents it would seem
shit hit the fan when he saw his son without a turban and with a haircut ... you could see it in his face ... he stormed over to the bench where the moms were sitting and pulled/tried to drag her out of the gym and into the hallway of the school (they practice indoors at an elementary school) ... everybody surrounded him and there was pushing and shoving and he was screaming at her in punjabi
and the boy was just devastated ... i felt so so so bad for that boy .. of course he cried
the reason why i posted it today is because the mother emailed my wife just now and said that her son wont be playing soccer anymore and she hoped her son could still play with my son
fuck i feel crushed about this
not to make light of the situation, but that is just sikhwas going to post it last night but didnt know if i should post kind of a shitty story
at my sons soccer practice last night, one of the boys showed up with a new haircut ... normally no big whoop right ... well, the kid is sikh
i dont want to pass judgement on anyone (well maybe 1 guy) or the religion in general for that matter
the kids were all excited and it was funny because they all gathered around him and smiled and stared at him and said stuff like "cool hair" and "what happened to the thing you had on your head" and the kid seemed so so happy
and his mom was sitting on the side talking with the other soccer moms and there were alot of smiles there too
close to the end of practice her husband arrived (up until last night i didnt know they were separated)
background: moms is very "normal", shes indo-canadian, born and raised here ... like any other one of the chatty soccer moms ... pops wears a turban ... thats all i knew about him ... he never spoke a word to any of the other parents it would seem
shit hit the fan when he saw his son without a turban and with a haircut ... you could see it in his face ... he stormed over to the bench where the moms were sitting and pulled/tried to drag her out of the gym and into the hallway of the school (they practice indoors at an elementary school) ... everybody surrounded him and there was pushing and shoving and he was screaming at her in punjabi
and the boy was just devastated ... i felt so so so bad for that boy .. of course he cried
the reason why i posted it today is because the mother emailed my wife just now and said that her son wont be playing soccer anymore and she hoped her son could still play with my son
fuck i feel crushed about this
Like, not having a fabricated "situation" exist at all.Damn. As much as I respect tradition, I hate when people let archaic beliefs cloud their common sense. There are so many other ways to go about addressing that situation from his perspective.
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The fact that these people still exist drives me nuts.
Coca-Cola's Multilingual Super Bowl Ad Inspired A Racist Meltdown Online
The fact that these people still exist drives me nuts.
It doesn't bother me one iota when the Canadian anthem is sung in both English and French at the Bell Centre (or le Centre Bell), but I remember an outcry from Quebec when the anthem was English only for the Heritage Classic game between Montreal and Calgary at McMahon Stadium.
/Just a heads-up for the upcoming Heritage Classic game between the Senators and Canucks.
We used to be able to ignore them easier while they stood on the corner yelling at clouds. But now, social media has made it easier for these retards to reach a much wider audience. And make it seem that the 10% wingnut factor on either side actually has some kind of mass to their group.
They are just as fringe and just as minority as they ever were. And we can still point and laugh at them.
And shame on places like buzzfeed for rounding up the comments and presenting them to us in a nice, easy and ad-revenue generating format.
I live in the south. It's a lot more than 10% around here, I can tell you that.
The city of Charlotte itself is pretty good, but if you get more than about 15 miles out of town, there are areas that give Mississippi a run for its money.
I know, I have a sister that lives there.
But remember, the really horrible areas are incredibly less populated than the better areas. It evens it out locally, and that group becomes even less significant when looking at the country as a whole. It's still 10% wingnuts, you just happen to live at ground zero.
I always say you have not lived until you sit through a 4th of July parade in a rural SC small town.
Five minute standing ovation for civil war re-enactors. Er, excuse me. "The war of northern aggression".
Or attended the laser light show at Stone Mountain.
My older sister & her family did that: She said that it was unreal how many people got all misty-eyed about it.