aTypical Joe: a gay New Yorker living in the rural South
Monday, August 28, 2006
Southern Inhospitality
Cho has been here working on a film. This week she was suffering through one of our hot, muggy summer days when she encountered some unkind behavior in our alleged “city too busy to hurl ethnic slurs.”
“When you walk, you become a moving target of sorts,” writes Cho on margaretcho.com. “A free-for-all to entertain motorists as they burn up fossil fuels and leave you in their smoggy wake. I got hit today with a classic, ‘Me love you long time!’ The offender was loud and cheery enough, and the streets were just crowded enough, and I was just in between buildings and out in the blazing spotlight of sun enough to feel the full force of bitter amusement and overwhelming shame.… The incident only reveals the insensitivity and racism of the driver yet I am the one who is embarrassed. I feel violated and wronged… . I swear, I have nothing against straight men, I really adore them, when they behave.”
Via PageOneQ.
