Be Applicable to The Golden Rule

The one day I actually look forward to going to a hearing with one of our associates as her assistant and it's the day I get profiled!...by my own people! smdh! I really don't understand why Poly's look down on their own kind! He literally made me show identification and all, even questioned me where I was born, after the fact one of our attorneys told him I was with them. I gave him my ID, he glanced at it and asked why do I have a Maryland State ID. Golly-poo! I told him I lived in Maryland for over 7 years! He asked me why? I told him I went to school out there. Asked me what school, I said, Home of the Mighty Terrapins, UMCP! Then he asks me where I was born, I told him California, (he rolls his eyes) and then he has the nerves to ask me what am I doing here?! (At this moment, the Leimaxx inside of me really wanted to come out and punch him in the face!) But, I kept my posture and walked away! Later on, court in session, a Polynesian lady walks up to the stand and our associate looks at me and nods if I can translate for her (I couldn’t, because I don’t know a lick of the language she spoke!), but I nod back. I walk up to the aunty and I tell her I’ll do my best to translate for her (basically offering my help) and she tells me the sheriff is her relative. I look up to the sheriff and low and behold, it’s Mr.99 Questions! His eyes were literally larger than life when he saw me helping the aunty. Ugh! Afterwards, as we walked out the court room, I am once again greeted by the same sheriff, except this time on a total different approach and I’m “sistah” now! (literally wanted to paa’I him!) He later apologizes for what happened earlier and asks if he can get me coffee sometime, I tell him “sure, but can my husband come with?”. Mahaki atu he kata (Laughing hysterically at each other) and I tell him, I’ll see him again.  Anyhow, my point here is, please don’t judge the book by the cover folks! Especially Poly’s! We should be helping each other out and not throwing one another under the bus! Come on! We live in a day and age where people take advantage of their own advances! Instead of looking down and putting down your kind, why not lend the hand? I pondered on whether or not I should post for a while since I got back from the hearing. But here’s the true fact, racism, stereotypes, and profiling is very much alive and well today! If you’re just gonna add wood to the fire, do me a favor put your hands in too! Be the real change. Do unto others as you would have them do unto you!

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