Not really. I'm classist. I'm elitist. I'm a bit of a snob. But totally accessible. I was invited to a gay bar, in Spring, Tx, 30 miles outside of Houston, last night, to hear a friend of a friend perform with her guitar. It seemed a laid-back , average gay bar, with about 40 patrons, mostly "white", most of whom were friends of the performer. I was introduced to my friend's co-workers, teachers at her school for children with special needs. One, in particular, a rotund, middle aged blond, was introduced to me, and she passive-agressively "ignored" me, to my awkward surprise, me, being arms' length away from her. I thought to re-introduce myself, to make a point, but thought better of it, and just chalked it up to her lack of class. Two of the patron friends, both white women, were kind and interested enough to come over and give me a greeting hug....so, I thought "See, not all are "bad". Such as life.
The racist in me, thought I should go over and compliment the performer, whose voice and songs were better than her "untuned" guitar. I told her so, giving her words of encouragement and she appreciated my candor. And thank god, somebody at the bar made one of the two martinis that I had that saved the evening.
