Time For Whites To Wake Up

[Red Celt]

One time in the military I was sitting in our berthing in a packed room full of people watching a movie. These three black guys are sitting there having a very loud conversation while everyone was trying to watch the movie. Eventually I got tired of it and said, "Hey guys, we're trying to watch this. Can you keep it down?"

You know what they did? One of the black guys started insulting me and mocking me with a stereotypical white nerd voice. I mean just incredibly insulting. The other black guys were laughing their asses off. Almost everyone else in that room was white. Did anyone say anything in my defense?

Fuck no they didn't. They studiously ignored it. I couldn't even retaliate in kind. You know why? Because I would have gone up on charges, put on restriction, had my pay docked, reduced in rank.

Because the military has "zero" tolerance about racism. But those black guys could be racist to me? And none of the other people have the balls to do anything?

What gets me is... you relayed that whole story concentrating on the colour of skin of all involved. Why? Why wasn't it "3 jerks who were talking" and "then they took the piss out of me".

The colour of their skin, your skin and everyone else's skin was a factor... because?