Thursday, August 28, 2008
When your ethnically diverse neighborhood gets hip, by Mickey Z
White male yuppie in his early 30s jogging
on the sidewalk past
a bodega, a mosque, and Starbuck's
dutifully stops at red light and
bounces in place
(can't let that heart rate drop)
Across the street
Pakistani boy no more than six
waits for the light to change
holding the barely visible
hand of his veiled, shrouded mother as he giggles
uncontrollably at the sight of a bouncing
white male yuppie
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[Ask me how hard it was to find a photo of a smiling Palestinian Boy, and how easy it was to find a white man jogging...]
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