On her Facebook wall, Cindy mentions a close encounter with a racist salon technician: "Went to a salon to get my eyebrows waxed. The technician admired my nails and asked where I got them done. I told her and she asked 'Are they white?' I looked at her blankly. 'I only want to have white people do my nails,' she said. I had to shut my gaping mouth because she had hot wax in her hand. But how I wish I could have thought of something appropriately withering to say."
Question: What would you have done in Cindy's situation?
D.F. (Dave) Oliveria joined The Spokesman-Review in 1984. He currently is a columnist and compiles the Huckleberries Online blog and writes about North Idaho in his Huckleberries column.
get my eyebrows waxed. The technician admired my nails and asked where I got them done. I told her and she asked 'Are they white?' I looked at her blankly. 'I only want to have white people do my nails,' she said. I had to shut my gaping mouth because she had hot wax in her hand. But how I wish I could have thought of something appropriately withering to say."
