Maybe she was going senile.

If that was to me, then yes, that was obviously the point of it: to dismiss the legitimacy of such accusations by making a caricature of the ordeal. For instance, the "meddling Americans" line served to outline the disregard I had for his suspicions by creating a hyperbole of the man's paranoia. If I had gone along with it and defended myself in a serious, staid manner, I'd be abiding by his premise of cause for concern, whatever reason being.

The ultimate takeaway principle was deriving dignity from that ridiculousness.

If that wasn't directed to me, then the above is further response to Geek.

Yeah, I don't care if someone is elderly: if s/he disrespects me, then I reserve the right to talk back to them.

It only happen to me on the phone and this bill collector told me to go back to Africa and tried to correct me. I was around 6 or 7 years old and I handed the phone to my dad, which the guy didn't know my dad had the phone and he said all these mean things about me thinking he was talking to me and my dad cuss me out and hung up.

That kind of reminds me of the time my friend and I took the T from Quincy to Boston and the whole time there was this really old lady yelling at the top of her lungs in creole about how f**ked up white people are. She dropped her bag and my friend tried to help her when it looked like it was really difficult for her to bend down to pick it up, and she totally bitched him out. I know some french so I could pick up bits and pieces of what she was saying, but even then a lot of it didn't make any sense. I think old age just got the best of her.

wow. thats reminds me of this time when i was working at jcpenney. and i was a cashier at the moment. and these old ladies were walking around and they seemed so lost, so i asked if they need any help and they just went off on me. "i don't need your help, blah blah blah, mind your business blah blah blah"

so i said with a face [of course], "i'm sorry, i was only trying to help." and they were soo bitter and like, "god, she's so nosey and stubborn blah blah" and the other lady goes, "its because she's chinese."
i don't think i've ever felt so outraged in my life. and then the other lady adds, "yeah, the chinese are always trying to take control of everything, blah blah, they think they know everything.." and then the other lady goes, "i don't want your help!" screaming, like they're crazy. and i just have my 'what-the-fxk' face on. so i just said, "well, i'm sorry that i'm not bitter and ignorant like you three to offer help." and i just walked off. and i can hear them yelling, complaining, and feeling 'appalled' in the background.

i refuse to treat ANYONE with respect if they don't treat me with respect. ANYONE at all. you could be a police officer or even the president of the united states, i could care less. and this was the first time anything like that has ever happened to me, i've heard racial comments behind my back about asians, but never directly at me. people don't understand that asians worked their asses off to survive here and we're just trying to make a living. plus, its hard enough without all these racists putting us down.

i hate how people are so prejudiced. especially when you're just trying to offer help. i was so pissed off that day. even my manager thought something was wrong because i'm a very chipper person and i normally never frown in public. so its like what the hell. whats wrong with elders these days?

I think we allow elderly people to shit on us minority's.

"Oh its ok for me to call her colored or a Negro because back in my day it was ok to say that"

This same woman is a rabid blogger and loves to go on craigslist at the age of 70 and knows most of todays technology but she can call people colored.

my friends and i still bitch about mainland chinese. :X

It bugs me when people just categorize all of mainland China as a shithole. I mean, there are some parts of China that are like WTF??!! and get me angry.

I was born and raised in Canada, but the rest of my family is from Guangzhou, and I think that place is a lot like Hong Kong. People don't see it though, because when they hear "China" (regardless of what part) they think of all the bad stuff. =\

especially after those incidents about the poisonous chemical in the toys. :\

and i remember when i was in middle school, the sars incident happened. everyone was cracking jokes for awhile.

and the virginia tech incident, my friend said a joke about not pissing me off or i'll send my cousin to kill them. sighs.

meh...I feel that Guangzhou has a LONG way to go before it can be like HK. and I really can't stand Chinese tourists in HK. so annoying. sorry. /endbitching.

man that sux...that happens to me too. i hate it wen ppl say to speak english its better than my language. they always make fun of mexicans, all cuz of the current immigration issue.

OMG thank you! Jesus, I have bitch-offs with Mainland Chinese tourists wandering the streets of TST daily. f**king annoying.

Im african american enough said.

Even incidents with people on this forum with something i have nothing to do with.(being african american)