Am I Homophobic? - Professor DV
Im cruising down one of Atlantas ubiquitous Peachtree Rds listening to Jamie Foxx on the Sirius radio, when I spot a Drive Through Starbucks. Cool. Im going to grab me a hot green tea, a bottle of water, and I dont even have to jump out the car.
I pull up to the outdoor intercom. I hear a garbled, muffled, digitzed, husky, country
Welcum ta starhbuuucks. May I tayk ya orduhr?
Um. Uh
Yeah. Id like a green tea please.
ah whuut?
A green tea. Id like a hot green tea please.
Wull dat be it?
Yes, that will be it.
That wull be a dollar fitty. Pull up please.
I pull around the corner, a window a slides open and a 64 grown ass black man wearing a reddish blond wig and sporting manicured long nails sticks his entire head out the drive through window towards my car while holding an iced green chi tea latte.
Theres a long beat
Silence
Pause.
I must have been looking at homeboy like he had two tongues and three nostrils, because a look of shame seemed to creep over his face.
The electric window of my car slowly slides down as Ru Paul and I maintain eye contact. Beat.
I asked for a hot tea my man.
Ru Paul looks confused
mumbles an apology
and ducks his head back into Starbucks. I fish my card out my wallet and grab the iPhone to document this moment. He pops back within seconds holding a hot tea. I snap his picture while frontin like Im adjusting the radio, take the tea, then hand him my card.
Thank you brother. I appreciate that my man.
Add a dollar on that for tip.
This seems to confuse him more. Not the tip, but the fact that Im acknowledging his obvious manhood seems to cause him cognitive dissonance. He returns with the card, mutters a quiet curious muted
thank you.
Looking him in the eye, I reply
No problem brother, have a good day my man.
The window slowly slides up. I quickly pull off.
Now, does refusing to treat a brother like a broad make me homophobic?
Refusal to participate in the grand charade which insists a 64 210 pound person with testicles is a woman - is an act of freedom. Its an act of self-determination. Acknowledgment of the truth is freedom of religion.
