My friend and I were singing along to a rap song in the car. I knew the song had the N word in it, so I made sure to stop singing during that part - as a nonblack POC, it’s not my place to sing along. But my friend (also a nonblack POC) sang right along. Shocked, I immediately stopped the music and asked him why he had done that. He responded “Why does it matter? It’s just a song”. I was taken aback by this level of ignorance.
The other day I was walking past a group of tennis players with my friend who also plays tennis. My friend said to me under his breath "I bet I could beat all of them, they look gay". I thought this was extremely inappropriate and derogatory for my friend to not only assume their sexual preference based on looks but also to assume that this would make them bad at any sport.
I have seen so many people use handicapped parking spaces for idling, waiting on people, or whatever else when they are not handicapped. As someone who is disabled and needs those parking spots, it is horrible that these able-bodied people are using spaces that are supposed to be for people that really need them-it's rude and inconsiderate. You have the privilege of being able-bodied, stop taking resources from those that aren't.
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