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So exactly how do I . . .
. . . deal with catcalls?(Click here.)
. . . talk to close friends?
Communication techniques for the bullheaded.
So exactly how do I . . .
. . . talk to my peers?(Click here.)
. . . talk to my parents?
. . . bear witness to the actions of authorities?
. . . challenge authorities?
. . . change institutions?
. . . talk to my boss
. . . deal with customers who act out?
. . . intervene with shopkeepers?
. . . educate teachers?
Does kindness count?
Communication techniques that help others to accept
your comments.
What about inter-ethnic mistreatment?
Using humor.
The power to name.
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The BossSee also authorities.
One day at work a man came in and I greeted him as I would anyone. He
was at first glance the epitome of a southern cowboy; big black cowboy
hat, shiny Texas belt buckle, tight blue jeans and a big blue pickup.
He was being very friendly and we were talking casually until his eyes
wandered to one of our many wall decorations. We had an old beer tap of
a wooden shark with the name of an outdated beer “Mudshark”
hanging on our wall. And his eyes got really big, and he leaned over to
me and he said “Do you know what a mudshark is?” And I said,
“No!” And he said it was a very derogatory term for a black
man who married a white woman. I was shocked and embarrassed. I immediately
took the trinket down. I profusely thanked him for letting us know and
apologized to him. He didn’t personally seem offended; more shocked
that there was such a decoration still around. However the most shocking
part for me was still to come. After the man had left the restaurant,
I went to the back to tell my boss all about what had just happened. After
telling him the story, expecting some kind of recognition or reassurance
I had done the right thing, he stared at me upset. He took the shark and
put it back out in the restaurant muttering that no one had the right
to tell us how to decorate our workplace and we didn’t even know
if he was telling the truth.
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