A taste of Racisim

I had my first taste of obvious racisim a week ago at a local icecream store, which we visit every time in summer when we go to the water slides...I also recommend this place to many people....

7th august: surya, uthra and i stopped there and had icecream, even got to taste a few before we made our choice, surya had to 2 scoops..2 different varities...

10th august: 2 families 8 of us stop there on our way back home....we 4 all indians and the other 4 ( caucasian mother, chinese partner, 2 african-american kids)
the 4 kids, the chinese male and i got the the stall...and
first order one kid:he gives it an ordinary cone, though i had asked for waffle cone.
we order the 2nd icecream, he goes to take the cone, and i can see him picking up the ordinary cone..so i ahd to repeat myself 4 times and make him change it to the waffle cone...
3rd order..surya ask to taste an ice cream..the guy states: we dont do tasting...so i say, we tasted just yesterday, the guy says we dont do it anymore....so surya takes 2 scoops of different icecreams...4th kid orders...he ask for 2 different scoops, he gives the same icecream..so we say give a 3rd scoop and we pay for a large.the guys states: we dotn do 3 scoops..
by then we are mad...so we dont order for adults and walk away to sit in the lawn...

A cacusian senior couple arrive and the seniormale walks past us holding a 3-4 scoop icecream and happy and similing shows us this is a medium as he walks past us..
then we see the lady getting tasting...
so i walk to the guy and ask what his problem is......wouldnt bother answering...asked him if he is being racisist...
i called him a few " choice" name..was not bothered.....
i looked around and deliberately knocked down a cone on a stand...said he will call the police...so i said call the police...
the senior women/customer interefered, i told her to stay out of it..as she didnt know what had transpired...
on questioning, the guy said he was the owner...
so we went to the the dairy plant next door,( it as sunday), met a lone youngster..found it that the icecream stall was leased by an employee and the guy was an employee...we left our names etc and vishy threatened to bring out in the newspapers if we dont hear from the owner by next day...that worked..
so next day the day called apoligized and informed us that she has relieved the guy/attendant of his duties, he wont be working there any more...
but It made me realize that what we read and see in movies about segregation of Black, jews, about apartied etc..can never be understood in full by the new generation..
Becos, now we had the power to yell back.....power to stand up and talk for our rights...to know that if i go to the newspaper, they will pick up our story and the business will be affected..the power and knoweldge that i will be heard and i can make a difference...that i dont have to hide my wounds...
This incident has not effected me at all..i just think of that guy and wonder what his problem was...may he has some mental health issues..went through some personal issues and directed it at the next asisan he saw....
May be living in vancouver has protected us too well..it is such a mulitculutral city where the whites are a minority.....In the first few years i my mind diferentiated races...but today if you asked me who was the last cashier who served you at a store...i will probably say a male or a female and the race would be an after thought to be more specific...( like tall short, thin, fat)

Any way my friends and kids, vishy saw a side of me that has become a joke.....dont get her angry...and the news is spreading among the other families!!!As i am considered very laid back.