Henna racism - just a rant

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Posted by PPC on June 8, 2003 at 19:51:02:

I'm just going to vent a little bit here.

I got a call from an Indian lady who sounded very nice. She said that
she was going to be having a bridal shower with around 50 attendees
and she was looking for a few henna artists to work the gig. I told
her that I was very experienced in many, many styles, including
detailed traditional Indian bridal henna. I told her that I've been
doing henna for over eight years and I'm quite comfortable doing
parties and events in just about any setting.

She proceeded to tell me that when she first saw my name (Jennifer
Setter) she didn't know what to think. She asked me if I was Indian.
No, I said, I'm actually half Korean, but I've been doing this for years.

I got a less than enthousiastic "oh."

I haven't heard back from her.

I'm just....... a little disappointed. That's all. I've got half a
mind to put a small anti-racism graphic on my website.... What do you
think? Maybe there should be a campaign on professional mehndi
artists' websites against racism? I'm prepared to donate a portion of
my profits to the ACLU or something like that.

Am I overreacting?

 

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