Things you hear in-barn
Author(s): Scott Douglas Jacobsen
Publication (Outlet/Website): Medium (Personal)
Publication Date (yyyy/mm/dd): 2024/01/28
I will tell you.
Barns are an interesting place to conduct independent journalism. Because people, how ever uneducated, will constantly forget: I write.
One of the funniest, earliest things I heard while working in a barn. There was a conversation between the stable manager and the mechanic who does part-time work.
They were talking about race and such. The mechanic is Indo-Canadian. The stable manager is Euro-Canadian. The stable manager, obviously uncomfortable by the conversation, said, “I’ve fucked black guys.”
Well, that’s an interesting defense. No one asked. You can’t make this stuff up. It’s the liberal-progressive wing of the conservative saying, “The n-word is just stopping short of saying n — — .” They feel no qualms and don’t care for the other parties.
It’s about self-indulgence and self-deliverance. It’s the manner in which, if I reflect on it, well-meaning white women may have hijacked some of the positive progressive movements meant for people of colour for themselves.
I was just thinking of that while cleaning out my place at the ranch. One of my first experiences here. So funny.
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