What prompted the idea: While at work (I'm work with children), I had a kid ask. Me a question. "Hey, would you jump out of a plane?" Then another one asks, "would you eat a cicada," then another one asks me to check out a noise at the end of the hallway that sounds suspicious. Of course, the answer is no, no, and no, how 'bout you do it, I've seen the movies and I know how this ends.
I just wanna look at my students and say, "Dude, can't you see that I'm black! For the most part, we don't feel the need to jump out of perfectly functioning airplanes, nor do we eat bugs for their culinary goodness, that's what chicken, steak, pork, and seafood is for. We don't investigate strange sounds for the adventure.
There's always gonna be someone out the fringe that does crazy stuff like extreme skateboarding and other things that could cause serious damage, but because we ain't got insurance like that, we stay away. It's dangerous enough in some of our neighborhoods to where we don't go seeking danger, danger comes to us. (Not all of our neighborhoods are crazy, but a LOT of them are.
The point: So, in order to explain myself in a culturally relevent and hilarious way, I created the Ethnic Licencising Board, which gives you certain privileges such as:
a) going "ethnic",
b) using slang and not looking a donkey, and
c) being able to say "mmm-hmm".
d) using the race card, ONLY WHEN IT IS NEEDED! Goodness people, if you use the race card when its not needed, it becomes powerless.
So,what I have done is given an explanation that is tasteful and funny all at the same time. The scenario goes like this:
Q: "would you eat a cicada?"
A: No sweetie, my ethnic license will not allow me to partake in said activity.
This way, he who hath an ear will hear. The rest will just shrug and go on.
*Winks at my peeps*
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