Years ago, I wrote an article about Troubleshooting a 5 Star Hotel. My generic name for the person who ignores people in front of her because she’s on the phone is “Keisha”.
There was a comment made to my article, which began;
“You are so racist! No black woman would be able to get a job at a 5 Star Hotel!”
And it went on and on and on….
I stepped away from the computer a moment, in a state of shock… then slowly, clearly explained;
“I live in Jamaica. The Prime Minister is Black. The Chief Justice is Black, the Commissioner of Police is Black, the Governor General is Black…..”
Here was a commentator on an article, who never caught that I didn’t live in America. Who never imagined what she experienced in America was not ‘standard’ in the rest of the world.
Here was a woman would could not believe there were places in the world where a black woman could be a front desk clerk at a 5 Star Hotel.
The Commentator did not post again.
How can someone get reality so wrong?
You answered the question in your post? The answer is American.
Exactly. America is the world. What happens in America is standard all over the world… obviously.