A disturbing event on a Calm Day

Smoke breaks are quite common for some collaeagues of mine and yesterday I happen to accompany them downstairs in front of our Bank entrance. The Parking Lot is also situated there and it has a nice place arranged with a shed et al, where you could smoke, have a cuppa of coffee and generally enjoy the cross breeze.

So we were having this conversation amongs oursleves and there was some occasion for laughter and we were at splits. At the same point of time a person of African features cropped up from somewhere and asked as the reason for our laughter. We ignored him, as it was a) none of his business and b) it was not concerning him or about him.

For some reason he took us as whites (we Indians whites?) and became extremely agitated, where he thought that we were making fun of him!! A preposterous thought all the same and we continued to ignore him, inspite of he blabbering of a mouthful regrading the color of skin and how we were racial, etc, etc.

Like a true Christian (well we are Hindus otherwise) , to save the sinner, we did not retaliate in terms of words nor gestures.

But thats not the important point. I mean we are in standing in downtown Seoul, in a MNC bank porch and I do not believe that we should be subjected to such racial prejudice.

I feel sorry for the guy, and looks like he is always living under a fear of hatred. I am not sure whether he was from the US or otherwise, but looks like for whatever reasons he has lost his mind and will. Sphere: Related Content