I have had an awkward experience on a bus stop recently.<\/p>\n
I met a black American couple who was visiting all the way from Seattle; the husband related to me their experience in a hotel restaurant.\u00a0 He told me that the servers must have taken them for natives, because they were seated for a long while before they were approach for service.<\/p>\n
They saw the waiter or waitress passing them often, serving the lighter colored guests and other people of whom they apparently perceived as tourists – at other tables.<\/p>\n
The man asked me: if I have ever had such an experience?\u00a0 My answer was yes, and I added that this is a common practice in The Bahamas where black Bahamian waiters, waitresses, and others, prefer to serve white customers and other assumed visitors over black Bahamians; even if the black Bahamians were seated first.<\/p>\n
I told him further, that I do not put up with it anymore; I simply walk out and go where I am more appreciated.\u00a0 This is indeed sad for a so called black nation. I have stated before, that we black Bahamians have a really serious problem with black Bahamians.<\/p>\n
We really need to do some serious reflections as a people moving beyond 40 years of political independence and cultural stupidity.\u00a0 We need to do better.<\/p>\n
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