A white colleague of mine went to a fast food restaurant with her daughter to get something to eat. The "beautiful black girl with long weave, as she described her, behind the counter asked her what she wanted to drink. My colleague answered "Bottled Water." "Bottled water," the girl asked. The girl preceded, "Why would you order bottled water when we can give you a cup of water free?" she asked. My colleague responded "I just prefer the bottled water."- while also stating in her head "why do you have on a head full of weave when you have your own hair for free." As my colleague turned to walk away she heard the girl behind the counter say "only a white woman would order bottled water." This brought a scripture to mind.
1 Samuel 16:7 states "But the LORD said to Samuel, "Do not consider his appearance or his height, for I have rejected him. The LORD does not look at the things people look at. People look at the outward appearance, but the LORD looks at the heart."
How many times have we prejudged others by a statement they make, the color of their skin, or how they look. Both of them had made an assumption about the other one without knowing the reason behind why they do what they do. My colleague does not like tap water. Her water has to be filtered. However, the black girl, through her experience, believed that only white women drink bottled water. My colleague, on the other hand, can not see the sense in a black woman wearing weave when God gave them their own hair. She did not realize that weave is like a cosmetic. It enhances the beauty that is already there. Ironically black women drink bottled water and white women wear weaves as well. It's all a matter of experience.
The next time you pre-judge someone ask God to allow you to see them through his eyes. I heard a wise man say "when you seek to understand a person you will them be able to stand them. Who are you judging based on your own experience?
Thursday, January 9, 2014
Only White Woman Drink Bottled Water
A white colleague of mine went to a fast food restaurant with her daughter to get something to eat. The "beautiful black girl with long weave, as she described her, behind the counter asked her what she wanted to drink. My colleague answered "Bottled Water." "Bottled water," the girl asked. The girl preceded, "Why would you order bottled water when we can give you a cup of water free?" she asked. My colleague responded "I just prefer the bottled water."- while also stating in her head "why do you have on a head full of weave when you have your own hair for free." As my colleague turned to walk away she heard the girl behind the counter say "only a white woman would order bottled water." This brought a scripture to mind.
1 Samuel 16:7 states "But the LORD said to Samuel, "Do not consider his appearance or his height, for I have rejected him. The LORD does not look at the things people look at. People look at the outward appearance, but the LORD looks at the heart."
How many times have we prejudged others by a statement they make, the color of their skin, or how they look. Both of them had made an assumption about the other one without knowing the reason behind why they do what they do. My colleague does not like tap water. Her water has to be filtered. However, the black girl, through her experience, believed that only white women drink bottled water. My colleague, on the other hand, can not see the sense in a black woman wearing weave when God gave them their own hair. She did not realize that weave is like a cosmetic. It enhances the beauty that is already there. Ironically black women drink bottled water and white women wear weaves as well. It's all a matter of experience.
The next time you pre-judge someone ask God to allow you to see them through his eyes. I heard a wise man say "when you seek to understand a person you will them be able to stand them. Who are you judging based on your own experience?
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