I’m not a racist, but…. Oh yes!! I can’t wait for what is coming now. Please, please: surprise me! Which of the predictable platitudes will follow next? Something with crime statistics I bet - your false confirmation of ‘proof’. The propaganda of senseless figures Leaving out history, class, economic injustice, state racism and the structural violence embedded in society.
I’m not a racist but…
And yes - please, please add to that, that one of your best friends is black and how you just love exotic cuisine and kebab.
Go on, tell me, tell me.
And at another day, there is another chance And here we go again: ‘I have nothing against women but you have to admit some girls ask for it.’ Yes! Go on! Say it! Say it! Say how it is all their fault, how it is their clothes, how they were at the wrong time in the wrong place. Asking -of course - they are simply asking to get harassed!
Go on, push me, push me over the edge and with every word from you there is less reason for me to hold back, less reason to remain my sanity. I’m almost there. Every word is one step closer to me losing it completely and legitimately
And if you are lucky, the next thing you know is you on the floor in cigarette buds holding your crushed balls.