The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #154244   Message #3617225
Posted By: Ed T
10-Apr-14 - 09:49 AM
Thread Name: BS: How to overcome *ism...
Subject: RE: BS: How to overcome *ism...
I beleve I told this story awhile back, on a "First Nations" (aka, indian, or native) related topic thread.

A fisheries enforcement officer I knew, was very agressive in doing his job, and, unfortunately, seemed very prejudiced against indians. He had worked a few months directly with a First Nations group, helping them design an enforcement program.

Following the term, I asked him how it went. He replied: "I now have it figured out". "How so", I replied. He said, "when I used to catch indians poaching, I used to think, fucking asshole indian. What I now think is anyone poaching, whether indian or not, are fucking assholes - I now see from working with some fine folks,   that being an indian is not a factor in all poachers being assholes."