This just in FOOL'S FOUNDATION has changed its name to RACIST
FOOL'S FOUNDATION (R.F.F). That's right people. I heard about it
when my wife and I went to Scott M's New Years Eve Party. We
arrived around 2:30 AM and the party was pretty much over. There
were a few stragglers left. We proceeded to the balcony where a
couple of friends of ours were engaged in a heavy conversation with
RACIST FOOL co-proprietor Eason Donner. The mood was pretty serious.
We were just at an awesome party at the Horsecow and it was my
birthday so I was feeling pretty good. Eason acknowledged me and my
wife. I have met him once before and so I started with some New Year
pleasantries. He took my tie in his hands, made some vague comment,
then talked about my shirt to the fact it was so blue. He made some
sort of sarcastic shallow dig. Then the hate started. Now mind you
this was entirely unprovoked. He started in calling me " a stupid
Indian drinking a Pabst" then a "dirty Punjabi." Then the topper he
turns to Sandra, my wife, and says "How can you be with a worthless
Indian like him?" At that point she stands up and slaps the fool. I
swing a punch at him. He has this stunned look on his face
like "What did I do?" I then threw a beer in his face. Luckily for
him my wife started pulling me toward the door. As we were walking
down the street he comes running towards us. I tell him to back
off. He tries a the lamest attempt to apologize. The only thing he
could come up with was "I didn't know the word Punjabi was offensive"
or some bullshit like that. I cussed his ass out and left the scene.
To tell you the truth I was enraged and stunned and to some
degree I still am. I am one of the handful of minorities in the
downtown "scene". I don't know of any other South Asians that run in
the same circles as I do. So I do feel a little alienated. When I
go to shows in the Bay Area and see how racially integrated things
are, I long for the same in Sacramento. For the most part Sacramento
has been awesome. I have met and befriended an amazing group of
musicians, artists and just all around cool fucking people that make
me proud to call Sacramento my home. So the racist vitriol that
spewed from this kid's mouth took me back with surprise. I expect
that shit from Sac PD or from nazi skins. Hell I've been to the
Second Level that was packed with white power boneheads seig heiling
Sins of The Flesh. I was scared shitless but nobody messed with me.
But that is the nature of racism. Its so insidious that it happens
when you least expect it. It can be random as a burglary. Yet it
leaves the victim just as violated if not more.
So my resolution for 2006. Just as the US imposed sanctions
on Iraq and half of the world for that matter I too will impose my
own economic sanctions. I will longer support the RACIST FOOL'S
FOUNDATION. That means no shows, no art exhibits, none of that
shit. I pledge to spread this information to all of my friends and
associates in Sacramento. I'm not going to tell you to boycott
them. It's your choice. If you were to boycott the RFF, don't do it
because of me or people of color for that matter. Do it because this
kind of behavior goes against your values and ideals. Do it because
you believe in creating a community that does not tolerate the kind
of bullshit that this guy stands for. Do it for the marginalized
kids who come out to downtown to catch a cool band that may inspire
them to create. Make them feel welcome.
PS: The RACIST FOOL'S FOUNDATION is attempting to produce "Abu
Ghraib: The Musical." Eason apparently has had an ad on Craig's List
soliciting "amateur" actors. I'm pretty certain Iraqi's are not
lining up for this great opportunity to relive the degradation of
their people. My guess it will probably be malnourished white boys
with Star Trek hairdo's in brown face paint. Apparently the R.F.F.
finds humor in hooking up electrodes to the genitalia of innocent
Iraqi prisoners.
Feel free to pass this along to whomever. Comments can be forwarded
to: stoptherff@sacbeemail.com
Nilesh S.
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- fools foundation, racist? - friend of nilesh & sandra - 2006-01-04 3:45:43pm