[StBernard] local reality episode. Once upon a time .

[Westley Annis]

That is exactly why we are in this mess as of the election.  We have decided
to bury our heads in the sand and wait for someone else to come up with the
solutions to OUR problems.  B.L.
 
	-----Original Message-----
	There's some lesson to be learned in this "local reality episode".
Once upon
	a time .
	
	Covington, Louisiana Wal-Mart
	
	      "This past Saturday my son Cole (10 years old) and I went to
the
	Covington Wal Mart to exchange a gift he received. Cole received a
play
	station game that he already had and wanted to get another game.
Cole did
	not have his receipt, but Wal Mart has a policy that if the item was
bought
	there, you can return it in exchange for a Wal Mart gift card. I
told Cole
	it was his responsibility to get the card. After standing in line at
the
	customer service for a while, Cole approached a black female
employee, she
	had a gold front tooth, neck tattoo's, and loop earrings that a
poodle can
	jump through. I waited at the end of the counter for Cole while he
received
	his gift card. Cole approached me with a puzzled look on his face,
so I
	asked of him what was wrong. Cole turned the Wal Mart gift card
towards me
	and asked me "Dad, what does Happy Kwanzaa mean?" The gift card was
a Wal
	Mart card that said Happy Kwanzaa. Needless to say I was not a happy
	camper..
	
	     Looking at the long line, I was not about to wait to handle
this issue.
	I approached the employee that issued my son the card, her name was
Cavalier
	(I think her parents named her after their crappy car!).  I asked
Cavalier,
	"Do you have any gift cards that have Merry Christmas on it?
Cavalier said
	yes. I then asked her "Do you have any cards that say Happy Holidays
on it?"
	Cavalier said yes. I then asked Cavalier why would she give a gift
card that
	is celebrated by ONE color of people, Black people, and ONE class of
people,
	African American? She did not respond. I then asked her why would
she give a
	racist and biased card to a young white boy? Again, no answer. At
this time
	I looked down at my son with concern that he would be upset at what
happened
	or upset with me getting pissed  off. With the most stern look on
his face,
	he stared at Cavalier waiting for her to give a sensible answer.
	
	      Noticing there was a problem, the manager (a white man named
Gary came
	to the counter) asked if there was a problem. I looked at Gary and
asked him
	if he celebrated Kwanzaa, to which he said no. I then asked Gary
why. he
	responded by saying "I cannot answer that question". I said oh I
understand,
	let me answer that question for you, it is because you are WHITE.. I
told
	Gary it is bad enough that I have the presidential election shit
thrown in
	my face, now I have to deal with a racist employee throwing her own
racial
	beliefs in my face. At this point Cavalier responded by saying that
Kwanzaa
	is a centuries old tradition that started back in Africa. Well, she
pissed
	off the lion within me at this point.. I told Cavalier that it is
obvious
	how stupid she really is, that Kwanzaa was created by a black
minister in
	Atlanta, Ga. in 1991, and that I have a white female friend that was
born in
	Johannesburg South Africa over 50 years ago and she has never heard
of
	Kwanzaa. I asked Cavalier "What came first, Christmas(Christ) or
Kwanzaa?
	Gary, the manager asked me to settle down, and that he would
exchange the
	card. I said that that was not good enough, that he/and Wal-Mart
should have
	never printed these cards. I flipped the scenario over on Gary and
said,
	"What if my son worked here, and would have given a gift card that
had a
	Rebel flag on it or a Happy Birthday to David Duke on it to a black
person,
	would he still be employed here? Gary stated that Wal Mart doesn't
or would
	not print those card, and I said, exactly.
	
	     I then gave the card back to Cavalier, and told her to give me
another
	card, a card that is recognized by all people, not just black
people. As my
	son and I walked away from the counter, we were greeted with a loud
cheer
	and applause from the people standing in line. Many of the people
reached
	out to shake our hands and to tell us thanks. Over the years I have
noticed
	the transition of society, and I for one will not tolerate crap like
this
	anymore. I hope that more people will express themselves (Have the
balls to
	step up) to preserve our rights, heritage, and belief in God and
CHRISTmas.
	"
	
	                              Merry Christmas,
	                              The Couvillion Family