Today, I was wearing a letterman jacket that had my school name and "Okinawa Japan" on the back. A high school kid walks up to me and says, "I can't forgive you people for bombing Pearl Harbor." I'm black. FML
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Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
Today, I wore my high school letterman jacket while I was out shopping. A man saw me and muttered to his wife about how sad it is some adults can't grow up and continue to wear their high school paraphernalia, constantly trying to relive their senior year. I am a senior. FML
Today, we had to discuss our heritage at school. When I told the class that I'm German, Japanese, and of the Jewish faith, my teacher laughed at the "irony." Something like this always happens whenever I tell people my background. FML
Today, I went to my high school reunion. I was super excited to see what everyone had done in their lives. The nerdy guy I bullied is now a U.S. Marine and already has two deployments in Afghanistan under his belt. He looked at me in his dress blues and said, "I remember you." FML
Today, I became the town racist for saying "black" instead of "African-American". I'm black. FML
Today, it was my high school graduation. Because our school colors were red, black and white, and our principal looked somewhat like Hitler, the senior class prank was to salute him when he finished his speech. I was the only one. FML
Today, I argued with a boy from school over a girl. I didn't know he was a black belt judoka. I'm still in pain. FML
Today, I was at a party. Everyone was drunk, and I happened to overhear someone say, "Where's that guy in the black jacket? I'm going to beat his ass!" I wouldn't have thought anything of it, had I not been the only one wearing a black jacket. FML
Today, I got hit on. By a high school kid. Who looks exactly like Napoleon Dynamite. That was the only time anyone has ever hit on me. FML
Today, I went to a veterans' reunion party with my grandpa. While there, a guy started yelling at me for having an unapproved haircut. It was my grandpa's old drill sergeant, and he thought I was in the army too. Everyone just smirked as he forced me to drop and do push-ups. FML
Today, my great grandfather got arrested. Why? He is still shell shocked from World War II, so when we went to a hibachi grill, he didn't want any of those, "Damn Japs" to touch his food, and our chef didn't take too kindly to his verbal assault. FML
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scooterdude720 19
You should have said (if he was white) "I can't forgive you people for slavery."
qassaq 14
Well kids these days not that much interested in details..
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Comments (185)
mrobdagod 9
Haha i go to kubi
LanceGoodthrust 19
Am I the only one wondering why an American high school letter jacket would say, "Okinawa, Japan" on it?
sammyjanette 17
Maybe that's where it was made.
skyeyez9 25
There are American military bases in okinawa. Marine bases and some air force ones. They have families stationed there with them, and there are DoD American schools on base for their kids. Hence...the "okinawa, japan" written on the jacket.
science-teacher 15
I bet Pearl Harbour was 'the bomb'
romanhoe 6
I love this generation. dumb af
ronburgundy111 2
It was probably a bit of sarcasam. I laughed, why can't you? (you can un-wad your panties now)
toalysium 15
Did he also blame you for the holocaust?
Manac_fml 1
What about Hiroshima and Nagasaki?
Ryodin 11
Oh no... those evil Japs! They bombed a military base! Which had significantly superior numbers! And an early warning system that DETECTED the attack (and was ignored) and a huge number of fighters which were left on the runways unarmed and unfueled. Its a good thing we responded in a much more ethically sound way and _blew a hole in two civilian towns_. I mean, maybe Pearl Harbor could be used as the shield of reason back then but... after dropping the bombs I think we lost the moral high ground.
pandaxlove64 12
I used to live in Okinawa! Miss it so much
JMichael 26
Send him back to history class.