一天晚上我去我老丈人那里接我老婆去看stand up。我到了老丈人住的condo车库后我老婆还没好,我就停在电梯旁边等她。这时一个拉丁裔男的和他老婆以及两个女儿从车库深处停好车,走到了电梯旁。那个男的看了我一样就开始抱怨说:
Karen: “You can’t park there.”
我翻了白眼,想着 oh good, another Karen 就没理他。然后这个男的就在电梯间盯着我看。2分钟过去了,这时候有两辆车进了车库,我怕堵着人家而且我也没想到我老婆这么慢,我就把车开到了电梯旁最近的停车位里。想着我人在车上 没熄火 反正马上走,我也懒得停到guest spot 毕竟guest spot 比较窄 不好上下人。
结果,这个男Karen跑到我车旁边对我大叫:
Karen: “Hey! You can’t park there. It’s my spot.”
我: “I’m not parking, I’m just waiting for someone.”
Karen: “Doesn’t matter! You can’t park there. Move out of my spot!”
我: “??? I’m sorry, are you trying to park right now?”
Karen: “No, but you can’t stay in my spot. Get out of my spot. Do you even live here?”
我: “Does that matter? Hey, I told you I’m just waiting for someone. I’ll be gone in 2 mins.”
Karen: “I don’t care. Get out of my spot.”
这时候我已经很恼火了,想着就是一个asshole就没鸟他。把车窗关上后这个男的直接炸了:
Karen: “Oh you won’t move? Is that what’s happening? You are a fucking asshole, you know that? Why are you parked in MYYY SPOT??? What’s the matter with you??? Do you even live here? Do you know how much I pay for this spot?? Do you know how much I pay to live here??? Get out of my spot, you fucking asshole!!! GET OUT OF MY SPOT.”
只见他拿出手机,开始拍我???拍我的车牌:
Karen: “Look at this asshole won’t move out of my spot. What a fucking dick.”
我当时差点笑抽了。很难想象一个中年男子会因为一个spot破防。结果这孙子给我来了一个美式铁拳:
Karen: “This is why your people are not welcome here.”
At this point整个冲突的性质就变了,不再是Karen crashing out,而是racist being racist。这货之后又说了很多威胁的话,比如说:
Karen: “Get out of the fucking car, you fucking asshole! I will run you over if you get out of the car! I will run over you if I see you walking in the garage! You think you are tough hiding in the car, you bitch?”
这个时候我这的恨我为什么没有carry(CCW还没被approve),要是我下车了说不定真的人就没了。我只想着快点走,从没想过打911,因为美国警察屁事不干,说不定等警察来了黄花菜都凉了。
我赶紧给老婆打电话让她下来,说有一个疯子不让我走。这时候Racist Karen走到我车前面说:
Karen: “Run me over, you asshole! I won’t let you leave!”
我??你他妈到底想让我走还是不让我走??我老婆和我岳父一会工夫一起下来了。我岳父是一个虔诚的基督徒,他很不喜欢conflict。所以他就直接给人家道歉说"他不懂你就让他走吧"。说实话,我很appreciate我岳父的耐心以及处世态度,他是一个非常冷静的人,对于这种事情他会尽可能deescalate。不过我老婆和那个人吵起来之后,那个人直接也开始骂我老婆说:
Karen: “You shut up, this is not about you!”
也开始骂我说:
Karen: “Look at this guy, he won’t get out of his car.”
我就直接毛了,我说:
我: “You said you were gonna run me over if I get out of the car.”
然后这SB居然开始装傻:
Karen: “I didn’t say that.”
我说:
我: “Check your phone, you recorded that.”
最后的结果是我岳父说:
岳父: “Hey, just apologize to this guy and let it go.”
然后我用毕生最Sarcastic的语气跟这个racist道歉:
我: “Hey, I’m sorry for taking your precious spot. That you paid SOO much money for. I’m sorry for offending such a noble man who’s so rich living in this such luxurious condo. I sincerely apologize, my lord. Your huge penis made me realize my mistake, and I submit to your humongous cock. I will never offend the nicest person at this LUXURIOUS condo by parking in his precious spot that he paid sooooo much money for.”
搞得所有人都笑了,然后我岳父有点不高兴,就让我好好道歉。
我之前有讲过亚裔在美国的经历。
我个人英语是不错的,基本别人听不出我不是born in the US。所以很多被种族歧视的经历真的就是根据我的亚洲人脸来的。
而且最让我破防的地方就是,我想了好几天:如果我不是Asian, what if I didn’t look Asian? 如果我是一个大黑哥,那个这个KAREN还会在一开始就bother我吗? 假如我是一个白人呢? 很明显,根本不会。如果我是一个白人,这个sb估计连p都不会放一个。他看到我亚洲人脸觉得我好欺负,想着 ugh, it’s one of those people again doing something I don’t like。让我特别破防的就是,我被歧视,根本原因就是我长着这样亚洲脸。
坛友们可以静下心的回顾一下以前一个令你感觉不舒服的互动,你为什么觉得不舒服,是不是因为你是亚洲人,中国人才会导致别人对你有这样的态度说了种种话。
我觉得坛友们需要认清一个现实:America is an inherently racist country。现阶段大家只是和平的相处。但是你可以假设一下,你觉得如果你是白人,你是黑人,你生活的经历,被人对待的态度会不一样吗?虽说美国是一个多民族社会,但是这不代表你会被公平的对待。很多时候你的肤色长相决定了别人对你的态度。
流浪汉或者sb当着你面说"go back to your country"是令人不安的。但是各位需要留意一下身边人的隐性歧视,因为这才是最危险的。比如说,在对哈佛affirmative action的诉讼中发现,哈佛把给所有亚裔申请者在个人魅力项目上都打了低分。我和很多美国朋友(有conservative也有很多liberal)讲了这件事之后,他们并没有像我一样对这种明目张胆的种族歧视感到生气,而且说:
Friends: “Well maybe there’s something wrong with all the Asian applicants. Maybe they only know how to study and have no personal charm in a social setting.”
这就是隐性的歧视。他没骂你是Chink,但是他们直接说你们没有他们"正常人"有魅力,你们只会学习不会社交。
最后我得出的结论是:
It doesn’t matter how good your English is, how hard you try to fit in, or how much money you have. It doesn’t matter whether you were born in the U.S. or immigrated here. It doesn’t matter if you’re tall, short, fat, or skinny. To many Americans, as long as you look Asian, you’re just a little chink they despise—someone they want to get rid of.
Edit 一下。我说的停车 我人自始至终都在车里 我就没熄火。等人上车我就可以走。