I'm super-feeling lunchtime

Tuesday lunch
Dining with fellow summer associates. One makes a comment with which I agree. I say, "I feel you, I feel you." He stares back at me, very offended.

Wednesday lunch
Dining with fourth year associate Brittany.* She is "super-stoked" for her friend's wedding this weekend, which is why she had a chemical peel yesterday (which explains why homegirl's face was peeling off into her lunch). She mentions the Mission, a Latino neighborhood, and calls it "super-sketch." I stare back at her, super offended.

*Name has been changed, but trust me, the real name was on the same order of whiteness.

Dominikimchee's first day of work

8:45 a.m.: Arrive at Heaven Ehrmman LLP.*
9:00: Gourmet breakfast.
10:00: Sit down in conference room with 30 fellow summer associates to fill out HR forms.**
11:45-2:30: Lunch ($500 for eight people).
2:30-3:30: How to use a phone.
3:30-5:00: Earthquake preparedness.
5:01: Two fingers.
5:02: Calculated how much money I had just earned.***

* Firm name has been thinly veiled.

** 10:01 a.m.: Minority headcount...handful of Asians, couple of undercover Latin folks, ZERO on the Negro.

*** 5:03: Per hour.

UPDATE: More on the Apparent Disconnect Between the Legal Profession and Low-Income Urban Housing

actual transcript from latowna's first day at work:

associate: so where are you originally from?
latowna: oh i grew up in oakland.
a: oh ... (looks impressively surprised) wowwww... so where did you go to college?
lt: in los angeles, i guess i'm a true california girl.
a: ohmigod really?! i'm from socal! where did you live?
lt: in palms.
a: oh. ... (looks confused) wait.. did you ever live in a housing, errr, development?
lt: ??!!!! (tries hard not to say something to become that woman of color on the first day)

Treat yo mama right

especially on Mother's Day.

My ethnicity was once featured on an episode of "Unsolved Mysteries"

Actual transcript of conversation at Starbucks:

Dominikimchee: Hi, could I please get a tall decaf caramel macchiato?

Black guy behind counter: What are you? African-American?

Dominikimchee: .........?

Nigeri-Thizz