I am a big fan of the Twilight Zone and Rod Serling. This post is very timely given the negative racial climate of the USA. All my life I have been the “Other.” Along with all the accompanying stereotypes. I’ve worked as a Museum Security Officer for 9 years and for the first 8 years I worked days now I work at night. During my day shift time period I was constantly sexually and racially harassed by white visitors. White male visitors propositioned me for sex and assumed I was a drug dealer. There is unwanted attempts to touch me or my hair. I have been called everything except a child of God including a Nigger. This resulted in me throwing them out of the galleries and/or calling my supervisor. Finally last year I made the decision to work the night shift where I have very little interaction with the visiting public. More money. Less problems.
Fortunately I plan to retire either next year or 2019. At this point I can truly say that I don’t want to assimilate into the dominate culture nor do I wish to integrate. I only want to be me.
This post is on point. It did remind me of the movie Watermelon Man starring the late great comedian and actor Godfrey Cambridge.
Watermelon Man
Official Movie Comedy · 1970 · R · English · CCA bigoted white insurance agent, married with two children, wakes up to find that he is now a black man! His doctor suggests he might be more comfortable with a black doctor, his neighbors want him to move so their property values won’t drop, his wife takes the children and leaves and his boss’ desires to capitalize on him as the man to tap the black insurance market. © 1970, renewed 1998 Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
Director
Melvin Van Peebles
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From chapter 3 of The Singularity Wheel:
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