So I went to a community event the other day. Waited patiently at the refreshment table for a drink. There was only one person in front of me, but she was taking a very long time. Then right when she finished, a white woman stepped right up in front of me and helped herself.

(Yes, I do attribute this to her race.)

Anyway, so later I apparently was pointed out to this same woman as a person to know, and she came over and made some politeness noises. I was talking with a Latina woman at the time and I noted with some interest that the white woman didn’t acknowledge her. She just butted into the conversation.

Anyway, because I am so f*cking polite, I introduced them.

(Wait, it’s coming!)

So what happens? The white woman glances over and says, “Oh, I already KNOW Mary!”

One problem.

I wasn’t talking with Mary. Mary is Asian Indian. I was talking with Christina. And I introduced her as Christina. There’s maybe five inches difference between them in height. One of them has short hair and one has long hair. One’s hair is black and the other’s is reddish brown. I’d guess there’s also a thirty pound weight difference, and one of the women tends to dress very stylishly.

Later I find out that Mary’s children play with the white woman’s children, and they have kids in the same classroom, even.

On another note, somebody came up to me recently and made a lot of complimentary comments about the community service video I’m in. Except I’m not in it. She even asked me, “Are ya SURE?”