Lessons my wife has learned in New England
When my wife was single she didn't like to leave South Omaha. It's basically a "Little Mexico" with a few Sudanese Africans mixed in. In places like Grand Island, my wife would get comments at a checkout such as "learn English" or "Go back where you came from". She has noticed in New England it's possible to have people in the same room and not be in their presence. As an example think of people walking past a homeless person at a subway entrance. Now, if I get a project in Omaha, we could live in a snob community like Papillion with no problem. And now my wife speaks enough English to ask "How would you like to have a Federal Civil Rights complaint"? Or now she can tell me so I can yell at the manager and ask the perpetrator why are they minimum wage white trash if they speak English so well. I didn't rescue my wife from Brazilian poverty, but rather an "old Nebraska town" with a tip-stealing hotel housekeeping manager.
I know how to deal with the following kind of people:
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