Waiting In Vegas

Here is a conversation I had with token black guy earlier.

Token: Why is my name “Token”?

Me: Um, because you are the one token black person that works here.

Token: No, there are other black people that work here…

Me: I mean the only server. Kitchen staff and food runners don’t count.

Token: …….

Me: So… why aren’t there more black servers?

Token: There are black servers.

Me: Not really. Every place has only one. Do you guys get together and talk about shitty it is to wait tables or something?

Token: Not really.

Me: I guess what I am trying to say is that there isn’t a proportionate number of black servers if you compare the percentage to the amount of blacks in the US. For instance, if 10% of the country consists of black people then it seems like there would be more than one token black person waiting tables in every restaurant – for every 9 white servers, there would be 1 black server. We should have at least 3.

Token: Other places have more black servers. They have two black servers at (name omitted). (name omitted) has two black servers. Hmmm… (name omitted) only has one. The pool doesn’t have any.

Me: Well, of course there aren’t any at the pool – everyone knows black people can’t swim.