Friday, October 24, 2008

Rainbow Coalition

Funniest thing I ever saw. One afternoon, my boyfriend and I went to one of our favorite Chinese restaurants, Yummy House. The place was practically empty so we took out seats right away and placed our usual orders. Anthony and I talked as we waited for our food, and as we talked, I glanced around and noticed that there were only two other couples in the restaurant.

“Do you notice anything unusual?” I asked him.

He then looked around. "What?"

"Look at the couples."

He looked at them. “What the…!”

By the right wall, there was a Black girl and a White guy. Near the window, there was a Black girl and a Latino guy. Then there was us. I am Black and Anthony was Chinese.

It was one of the rare moments in life where I felt that the proverbial melting pot truly existed.

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