by Maria Bratikova

If I say you‘re white, cos you are, would you be offended?  Would you call me a racist? 

If you say I’m brown, because I am, should I be  offended? Would you be a racist? Or are you?

And if you are a red Indian and I call you such, are we going to engage in a word war? Axe to axe? Would I, or would you, be discriminating? When you‘re black and I say so – because you are – would you be  offended? Why? Or – why not? 

Some would say “he‘s a Yugo“  cos he or she is, why would that offend a non-Yugoslav or the Yugoslav? What about calling an Italian Italian? Is calling a Caucasian Caucasian offensive?

If you‘re hit by a black car with plate number 123XYZ ZH and it ran, how would you describe the car to the police? Plate number and darkest of dark? Like a night without stars nor moonlight? The darkest one can imagine? You know pc and racism! And if it were a white automobile? Don‘t offend my friend now – he‘s white! 

If I call you by your given name, not your race nor your country of origin – what does that make me? Realist?Naive? Politically correct?

Dang it. . . Bonkers!

Call me Effendi and we‘re fine!