Completely disgusted

Cocaine_Nosejob

So I was in Canadian Tire this morning buying a new furnace filter. As I was walking down an aisle, there were these two huge biker guys looking at this toy that was two stuffed monkeys that sang that Day-O song by Harry Belafonte. So one of the guys turned it on and when it started he laughed and said to the other guy "Wonder what all them n*****'s think of a monkey singing this."

Then they both started laughing like crazy.

I wanted to say something but they already scowled at me because my bag touched one of their bike helmets or something when I walked by...and they were huge. I am not.
Now I feel like a big asshole for not saying anything. Sometimes that's just as bad as agreeing with them.
Ugh...I can't stand people.

LikeAnOcean

Were they those geriatric, has-been bikers stuck in the 1960s?

If so, you could have taken 'em.

Drowned Out

racism seems pretty rampant in outlaw biker circles.
I was watching a boxing match between a white guy and a black guy with a at a bar one night...I saw a guy I knew that was sitting with a large group of bikers, and sat down to say hi...someone shouted 'kill that n---"... in a crowded bar....as I turned to say something, they all errupted in laughter...and I realized it might not be in my best interest to speak up, surrounded by them...no one else in the bar did either. I didn't stay long after that.
I don't blame you for not saying anything. It's self-preservation, not acceptance.

MrBrian

I hear racist remarks quite often, sometimes of course directed towards me. when in the US or Canada, but most often while in the US.

When I was younger it did bother me tons, I often would get into fights about it. I just shrug my shoulders or shake my head these days.

I say let them laugh, or in that situation you were in, maybe you couldve just said to them while they were looking at the monkey doll and say "You know, that doll kinda look like you guys, only I bet it smells better"

Then walk away with a clean exit.

But again, it may just get them more pissed off, wont really stop them from being ignorant.

Fahka

Im sure their white jesus will have something special in store for them.

You did the right thing. Had you of said something, you probably would have gotten chewed out and theres nothing more annoying than ignorant people trying to chew you out. You were also outnumbered. People like that arnt worth causing a scene in your day for...

DocChicago

Had you said something, they'd still be racists and you'd likely have a fat lip.

iluvcats

not all "bikers" are racists.

I know professional people at work with Harleys. They would never make racial remarks. Someone with a harley told me that alot of nice ppl now own motorcyles are no longer like they were in that charlie sheen movie Beyond the Law.

iluvcats

I can tell you something more disgusting that what happened to you at the store.

I get newsletters from an animal shelter on the west coast. The latest horror story is written in the first person by a 3 month old cocker spaniel who was thrown away. A nice person found him filthy, half dead and injured in a dumpster and took him to the shelter.

Drowned Out

iluvcats wrote:

not all "bikers" are racists.

I know professional people at work with Harleys. They would never make racial remarks. Someone with a harley told me that alot of nice ppl now own motorcyles are no longer like they were in that charlie sheen movie Beyond the Law.

if that was directed at me....well duh.
I said 'pretty rampant in outlaw biker circles'. I didn't say anything about ALL bikers, and even qualified it with the 'outlaw' tag. I wasn't talking about mid-life-crisis harley owners.

Cocaine_Nosejob

I feel the need to mention that I know not all bikers are racist, but these ones obviously were.

iluvcats

Drowned Out wrote:

I wasn't talking about mid-life-crisis harley owners.

you really love motorcycles!

Drowned Out

iluvcats wrote:

you really love motorcycles!

actually, I do!
And I'm friends with a lot of 'good' people that own them, and even a few of the outlaw brand...was just relating a story, and ONE of my experiences with the outlaw crowd.

the mid-life-crisis crack was a joke...but you know it's true hell, if I could afford it I'd buy one...and I'm not that far from mid-life, so I'd probably be lumped in with that crowd.

iluvcats

Drowned Out wrote:

actually, I do!
And I'm friends with a lot of 'good' people that own them, and even a few of the outlaw brand...was just relating a story, and ONE of my experiences with the outlaw crowd.

well....my dad hurt his knee on a motorcycle (fell on gravel) so I think they are dangerous. then my ex boyfriend's best friend was hit at an intersection when he was about 30 and became paralyzed.

I hope your friends stay safe

Cocaine_Nosejob

iluvcats wrote:

I can tell you something more disgusting that what happened to you at the store.

I get newsletters from an animal shelter on the west coast. The latest horror story is written in the first person by a 3 month old cocker spaniel who was thrown away. A nice person found him filthy, half dead and injured in a dumpster and took him to the shelter.

I realize that there are far worse things than department store racism, and your story certainly is one of them. I was more disgusted with myself for not saying someting, regardless of personal safety, than I was with their ignorance.

Cocaine_Nosejob

iluvcats wrote:

not all "bikers" are racists.

I know professional people at work with Harleys. They would never make racial remarks. Someone with a harley told me that alot of nice ppl now own motorcyles are no longer like they were in that charlie sheen movie Beyond the Law.

These guys were Hells Angels, and the owner of this store is well known for his ties to the Angels, so not a good scene...

Nothingman54

Cocaine_Nosejob wrote:

So I was in Canadian Tire this morning buying a new furnace filter. As I was walking down an aisle, there were these two huge biker guys looking at this toy that was two stuffed monkeys that sang that Day-O song by Harry Belafonte. So one of the guys turned it on and when it started he laughed and said to the other guy "Wonder what all them n*****'s think of a monkey singing this."

Then they both started laughing like crazy.

I wanted to say something but they already scowled at me because my bag touched one of their bike helmets or something when I walked by...and they were huge. I am not.
Now I feel like a big asshole for not saying anything. Sometimes that's just as bad as agreeing with them.
Ugh...I can't stand people.

Jesus! We hear blacks say shit about whites all day long and nobody says a fucking thing about it but when a whites says something about a black, fuckin hell, everybody has something to say about it. Fuck that!!! Stop actting like a n$ggers and they wont get treated like one. This shit must be equal. To end racism it must come from everybody not just whites.

stickboy

Drowned Out wrote:

racism seems pretty rampant in outlaw biker circles.
I was watching a boxing match between a white guy and a black guy with a at a bar one night...I saw a guy I knew that was sitting with a large group of bikers, and sat down to say hi...someone shouted 'kill that n---"... in a crowded bar....as I turned to say something, they all errupted in laughter...and I realized it might not be in my best interest to speak up, surrounded by them...no one else in the bar did either. I didn't stay long after that.
I don't blame you for not saying anything. It's self-preservation, not acceptance.

damn bro, be careful!

racism is starting to become rampant everywhere. I'm sure I dont have to get into what me and many others have overheard black racists say about white people or hispanic or whatever, esp places like in NY where I been subjected to that kind of thing since I was a kid. Its become socially acceptable cause of shows like Chappelle and Mencia just to name a few.


btw-cocaine nosejob-The Mallrats Affleck quote is the shit

stickboy

Nothingman54 wrote:

Jesus! We hear blacks say shit about whites all day long and nobody says a fucking thing about it but when a whites says something about a black, fuckin hell, everybody has something to say about it. Fuck that!!! Stop actting like a n$ggers and they wont get treated like one. This shit must be equal.

well you beat me to it,...thats what I was trying to get at and try to be nice about it. Oh well, lol


and just like I been saying since way back... watch when Obama becomes president how much race is gonna be a factor in every show, every skit, every media article, how the blacks are gonna react and treat it and its only been a few days and sure enough its already happening. I was watching Chocolate News with David Alan Grier on Comedy Central and COlbert and all this other stuff and all they kept talking about was black president this, black president that.

g under p

In Southern Maryland there's a biker bar which has been there for years called

APE HANGERS. It's to wonder if there's a larger effect of Obama a black occupying the White House the next 4 years. Maybe racism can be dwealt with once and for all.

Peace

_Crazy_Mary_

I get native american and pocahontas comments all the time and does it bother me? No.

iluvcats

Cocaine_Nosejob wrote:

I realize that there are far worse things than department store racism, and your story certainly is one of them. I was more disgusted with myself for not saying someting, regardless of personal safety, than I was with their ignorance.

I'm glad you did not say anything to them. I'd like to see you around here, still able to type, uninjured...