There I was in the grocery isle frantically searching for ice cream, a flavor I know my oldest girl would love. Cause we were giving her a surprise birthday celebration. I had my two youngest with me but they were ahead of me held captivated by the variety of ice pops in the refrigerator.
A group of guys and gals came into the isle, laughing and jostling each other playfully. They were trying busy talking. I noticed them but I didn’t notice them, if you know what I mean. {for the uninitiated, I looked at them with my side vision (yea, I have super powers!LOL!) this to make sure they were not a problem to me or mine and went back to my business.
Then I heard one of them said “Hey watch it you nigger” and laughed. One of them admonished, “Hey don’t use that word”, I felt the looks in my direction, but I pretended not to see them or hear….why, because I’m not one to blow things out of proportion and I decided IT wasn’t important enough for me to get uptight about. Cause you see, I decided that I was going to put a pin in that bubble. That word which is being thrown around by one and all, used freely with fondness and familiarity. Why am I going to give it props, or credentials? Nawwwww…plus by the sound of it, they used it quite often between them. So often and familiar it seemed, it just slipped out while they were out amongst the public folks.
So no drama, no hissing of the teeth from me. I moved on with my business glimpsing the perplexed and hesitant looks with my side vision. I laughed softly to myself, scurrying my brood forward cause I’ve got a celebration to do. Bet they didn’t expect that! Hehee…neither did you!