I attended N*gger Wetb*ck Ch*nk last night and I'm really glad that I'm a bit of a procrastinator and chose the very last event. It was really funny most of the time, while being serious at the same time. I personally never heard of the last two labels, so I was really glad that they went on and gave a background on each of them.
The whole thing was full of hilarious quotes. One of my favorites is when the little Chinese guy was talking about how he wanted to be a black person and how he would go around karate chopping all the people who say that Chinese people are bad drivers and in between swings with his arms he said, "Chinese people are goo drivers. We're. Just. Being. CAUTIOUS!" It pretty much made my day and I changed my facebook status right then and there.
The stories that they shared with the audience on when they first realized that they were different were really kind of sad. I've always known that in other places around the world, country, and even Iowa that there was diversity in schools and that racism did happen, I was still kind of upset that people are so judgemental of others just because they're different. I was taught growing up that people do look different from eachother, but on the inside everybody's really the same. Pink and fleshy, and probably really disgusting, but that's beside the point. The N word was never acceptable in my house and I've grown to be bothered by the word. I didn't really like how they said it a lot throughout the performance because it made me really uncomfortable, but they were really good about lightening the mood after a really serious matter.
Well, this was my experience of the diversity event. If you didn't go to this one, I feel that you really missed out on this one.
i was glad i went too! it was by far the best (im guesing) lol
ReplyDeleteI wish I would have gone to this diversity event. I think it shows how powerful this event was for some people when you say you changed your facebook status to something they said!
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