Subject: Barber & Asian Americans
There is this good ol' barber in some city in US. One day a Caucasian florist goes to him for a haircut. After the cut, he goes to pay the barber and the barber replies: "I am Sorry, I cannot accept money from you; I am doing a community service." The florist is happy and leaves the shop. The next morning when the barber goes to open his shop, there is a "Thank you" card and a dozen roses waiting at his door. An African American cop goes for a haircut and he also goes to pay the barber and the barber replies: "I am Sorry, I cannot accept money from you; I am doing a community service." The cop is happy and leaves the shop. The next morning when the barber goes to open his shop, there is a "Thank you" card and a dozen donuts waiting at his door. An Asian Software Engineer goes for a haircut and he also goes to pay the barber and barber replies; "I am Sorry, I cannot accept money from you; I am doing a community service." The next morning when the barber goes to open his shop, guess what he finds there - A dozen Asians waiting for a free Haircut. Those of us who don't belong to that group can laugh and cry with me. Others of us may want to use this joke as a mirror. We can't think that the more freebies we can get from others, the better we will be. For example, our past tendency to let others fight for our battles has resulted in NO ONE FIGHTING FOR US AT ALL, not us ourselves and not even some of the AsAm politicians.
Laughing and crying at the same time,
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