I walk into the cafe to grab something to eat. I normally go for the Soup and salad deal but I don't like the soup they have so i start looking at the meals that they prepared. The moment I start trying to figure out what I want the women chef comes out and say's “We have chicken on the top rack". I have this thing I do where I count how many awkward racist but not racist remarks I hear in a day. It normally never goes past 1. So I laugh to myself and go “Oh Thank you, I appreciate that”, and the moment I grab the platter she goes, “I knew you’d like that”… (That’s 2). So, I laugh that off as well and start talking to the chef. I ask her how’s her day? How’s the job treating her? Etc... She goes “everything fine. The job is good. Hey, if you want, I have black beans soup in the back if you want some. (… That’s 3…) I go nah, I’m fine with what I have and pay for my food and leave.

How would you feel about this situation? I left the café laughing because I know she didn’t mean it in that way. (At least I think). I feel like she was trying to help as much as possible but everything she was mentioning just for some reason didn’t agree with me. To be honest I actually felt offended nut why? It’s just chicken. I shouldn’t have all this pinned up frustration whenever someone offers me something to eat that my ethnicity eats. That’s like going to a company barbeque picnic where they have an assorted variety of food and you’re in a conversation with one of your colleges and they ask you, have you tried the watermelon yet? Of course you have but how would you feel about that? It’s just watermelon but something triggers me whenever I am offered that fits my stereotype.

How would you hand that issue?