recent nyc heartbreak
my [white, woman,] boss asked me if I was doing anything fun this weekend, "I dont know, i might go to the beach with my boyfriend." there's this really great beach near where she used to live at Rockaway - not the first one, right when you first get off the train, that's just full of spanish people, but if you take a bus down a little further, you get to a beach that's just normal people who live in Rockaway.
my boyfriend's name is Jose? I'm the only employee you have who doesn't speak spanish?
he's afraid of speaking english to white people, he thinks he doesn't speak well enough, he's not right, but neither are they.
she has a kid, 18 months old, working the same job I do and then another one again, seven days a week and commuting from the bronx, my whiteness earned me a two dollar raise, weekends off, a pretend internship, and healthcare. "don't tell anyone else how much you're getting paid, no one else gets paid nearly this much, not even your supervisors."
the difference between Jorge and George.
paying with a $50 for $6.73 and reaching into my tip jar for the change.
my boyfriend's name is Jose? I'm the only employee you have who doesn't speak spanish?
he's afraid of speaking english to white people, he thinks he doesn't speak well enough, he's not right, but neither are they.
she has a kid, 18 months old, working the same job I do and then another one again, seven days a week and commuting from the bronx, my whiteness earned me a two dollar raise, weekends off, a pretend internship, and healthcare. "don't tell anyone else how much you're getting paid, no one else gets paid nearly this much, not even your supervisors."
the difference between Jorge and George.
paying with a $50 for $6.73 and reaching into my tip jar for the change.