The Race Card

On Friday night I went to the bowling alley. It was actually a bowling fundraiser for an association of black engineers. But I'm not black. I don't know if that matters or not, but I knew a couple of people there.

I figured with the amount of time I spend with my own race, it would do me good to hang out with others. Don't get me wrong, I'm not a stranger to being the minority, but in my eyes being a minority to white people and being the minority to another minority are very different situations. In fact, I think I feel more comfortable in the latter situation. I'm not sure why or if it's acceptable that I should feel that way but I do. And it's not that I'm prejudice towards anyone, but I definitely notice differences in different people. That in itself could be considered theb beginning of bias I suppose, but it's really not. At least it's not with the negative connotation usually associated with that word.

After bowling, we all went out. They were playing hip hop which I (along with most other girls) love dancing too. I was a little afraid of not fitting in (aka looking like an idiot), but bottom line is I enjoy dancing so I just danced.

There was a white couple there and the girl said to me "We impressed them. We impressed them with our dancing." I replied "I wonder if we impressed them too? But I guess it is more impressive because you're white." Is that wrong? It was funny to both of us, but I feel like people are so caught up with being pc that it's difficult to say those things.

Anyway, my fiance and I had a great time. I think part of his good mood had to do with all the "booty" in the place. ;-)