A source of aggrovation for me over the years has been that all of the compairisons people have been making to me and over weight black characters. Most recently it has been Sherman Klump (The Nutty Professor). In the past it has been Fat Albert. People think that this is all fun and games and that I should not take it too seriously, but that is not that point, it makes me mad when people say those things. Even their children do it. It has made me very bitter.
One time that it happened a young man ran up to me in the middle of the store while I was shopping and blurted out so that the whole planet could hear "Hey man do you know who you look like?" He had almost got it out the name Sheman Klump but before he could go on I let go of my cart and expressed how much I did not care to be insulted. He looked at me like he was surprised and just walked away. I don't think that people understand that I have feelings too and I get sick and tired of being insulted. Most people simply don't understand why I should be mad at a comment like that. Lets break this down although Mr. Klump is smart he makes people laugh by eating too much and FARTING! I often wish that people could go through a day of what I go through almost daily since Eddie Murphy first brought this character to life. It make me feel like I am some sort of a side-show freak!
"Hum.... It sound like you are suffering from a low self esteem." That is what the average person usually says when they read this far. I will allow that because I understand that most of our society is cloaked in ignorance and they like to put lables on things so that common things like rudeness, lack of respect and bad manners have a place in our society. Rather than trying to slap a lable on my opinons turn it around and ask yourself: "What if it were me?" |
