Diversity Day
Meme It!Michael:OK. Questions? Comments? Anybody? Jim?
Jim:: Uh, is that it?
Michael:Yes. I only had an hour to put it together but I'm going to add on to it later on.
Kevin:It was kind of hard to hear.
Michael:Uh, yes. That probably had something to do with the camera work. Anybody else? Um...
Kelly:I have a customer meeting.
Michael:Yeah, well, if you leave we'll only have two left. Yes. Enjoy. Absolutely. Namaste. Ok, well since I am leading this, let's get down to business and why don't I just kind of introduce myself, OK? Um. I am Michael and I am part English, Irish, German and Scottish. Sort of a virtual United Nations. But what some of you might not know is that I am also part Native American Indian.
Oscar:What part Native American?
Michael:Two fifteenths.
Oscar:Two fifteenths, that fraction doesn't make any sense.
Michael:Well, you know what, it's kind of hard for me to talk about it. Their suffering. So who else? Let's get this popping. Come on. Who's going? Who's going? Let's go here. Oscar, right here. You're on.
Oscar:OK, Michael, um... Both my parents were born in Mexico.
Michael:Oh, yeah...
Oscar:And, uh, they moved to the United Sates a year before I was born. So I grew up in the United States.
Michael:Wow.
Oscar:My parents were Mexican.
Michael:Wow. That is... That is a great story. That's the American Dream right there, right?
Oscar:Thank... Yeah...
Michael:Um, let me ask you, is there a term besides Mexican that you prefer? Something less offensive?
Oscar:Mexican isn't offensive.
Michael:Well, it has certain connotations.
Oscar:Like what?
Michael:Like... I don't... I don't know.
Oscar:What connotations, Michael? You meant something.
Michael:No. Now, remember that honesty...
Oscar:I'm just curious.
Michael:...empathy, respect... [Phone ringing] Jim! Jim!
Jim:Hello? Hello?