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Desi Dose: Burritos, Brown Men and Weathering the Storm

Thursday, May 15th, 2008

Reader P’s story of “the burrito”: P is an Indian guy in his early to mid 20s in LA. Works in a corporate-ish building, though his company is relatively relaxed in dress code.

During lunch break, he grabbed some food to go and made his way back to the office. As he rode the elevator up, bag with food in hand, the door opened and another building worker (different company) entered…

“Well she was a white woman probably in her late 30s. I was coming up from the parking garage and the door opened on the ground floor, I was about to step off but then I stopped and realized it was the wrong floor. She got on the elevator, looked at me and smiled, then said: “Let me guess, you’re delivering a burrito?”

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The Coolie Files: Ethnically Ambiguous, Esq.

Wednesday, January 16th, 2008

Though it was hilarious and side-splitting, the court reporter and judge simply assigned a race to Bala224, then assumed they knew his opinions and thoughts… Worse, they didn’t give him a chance to establish his background or views. They just took it upon themselves, as the benevolent power, to put people in their proper places. I know it technically helped my boy’s case, but imagine if Bala224 has been either the plaintiff or defendant? These kinds of assumptions could screw him out of justice.

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The Coolie Files: Lights, Camera…

Sunday, October 14th, 2007

“So, fellas, I have something I wanted to ask,” Mangum eventually offered.

“Uh, okay. Shoot.” It being Vegas, Sonny and Bob hoped he knew they weren’t being literal.

“My girlfriend thinks you’re really cute,” Magnum said to Bob. Girlfriend? Granddaughter? Eh, what’s the difference?…

“So, we want you to have sex with her.”

“Yeah?” Sonny replied with bated breath. He was ready to enlist.

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