From experience, it's not worth it. If people try to rile you up, showing you're angry only fuels their fire, it seems. And the racist jokes...those do suck and Idk how to express that to people.
Really? So better showin' no reaction - not laugh once, just
Resting Bitch Face the whole time. Face firmly in
"screen saver mode" - even when ah get a wee nudge on ma elbow, turn ma head and the same racist joke - same setup, different stereotype - said at ma expense. Ma sister laughin' in ma face, like it's the funniest joke ever to be utter.
Even though, it makes me feel more really uncomfortable on account of of mixed race ethnicity -
ma muther's Scottish & ma dad was a two litre of Coca Cola. Naw, just kiddin - he was African, actually...
Ah guess am just gettin' fed up with havin' to fake laugh with her, even she says the joke. All the while knowin' that
it's just not funny when
she says it.
Believe am biting ma tongue when she says it because ma comedy brain kicks in & starts thinkin' up hundreds of funnier comeback lines ah could use, but choose not to. Because that be going too far, better let hear think she's funny, rather than to contradict that her belief by upstagin' her.
Or better yet, just would an explaination as to why and in what comedic context comparin' ma appearance to that of racist stereotype is funny when said by a white person (my sister) in a deadpan tone of voice, like snide remark?
Ah mean, when ma other sister comes to visit. Aye, then they'll intentionally try to rile ma angry, ma mum included. Just hear me make off-the-cuff insults or tell them tae
"F**k off! Away 'n' bile yer heid!" in a tone that denote indifference. Or hear me come out wi' some amusing off-the-cuff insult that's never been said before. But ah just calmly walk away to ma room and crank ma stereo up to 11, to reference the comedy film Spinal Tap.
Ye see ma point, right?
