02 January, 2010

How many stereotypes are too many?

Last night I* caught up with L.** outside his house where I handed him a Costco box of oatmeal and his chartreuse Bakelite serving dish I'd had since before my exams when he brought me a lasagna in it so I wouldn't have to stress about cooking. In exchange he handed me a plate of pineapple upside-down cake he'd made the night before.

We sat on the short concrete wall talking for a good while. He said he'd been talking about me. He'd observed to his husband***, "Valerie doesn't really like to decorate very much, does she?"

"Sure she does," R. replied. "Her style is just different from yours. She decorates like a Mexican."

Mi casa es...
Mi casa es...

*white girl

**Mexican-American

***Anglo-American

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