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AF and White Male Dynamic at the Casino

I'm at the poker table. Seated next to me are two white guys (sitting separately), a Hispanic guy, and me (Indian). The dealer at the table was an Asian Woman (AF) (SE Asian I believe; may have been E Asian). (to be clear, since there seems to be some confusion in the comments, at a casino the dealer does not also play in the game; unlike what happens when you play poker at a friend's place. there was no "mark" in this case).

One of the WM's is typically loud and annoying. But not obviously perceived that way to the AF dealer. He shouts out various things during the game and she seems to give him an obsequious laugh after each comment, as if he's making witty remarks. Meanwhile, she is making sure that the two white guys have checked (meaning your not betting any further this round) but completely ignoring myself and the Hispanic guy. It so happened that it wasn't the case where there was a case where you needed to think that long before betting but if it happened, she would have missed it. When that happens, there's no great way to recover; since you miss your chance to bet. This essentially would ruin your ability to take advantage of a hand if you were thinking about the bet, and she doesn't bother to see if you're still considering it.

Her "visual attention" was reserved for the white customers (I'll talk more about 'visual attention' on another post and how it's both a leading and lagging indicator, a cause and effect of racial hierarchy) - which can be a problem in poker, for the reason mentioned. It could result in the loss of a lot of money.

To cap it all off, the loud white guy lost the most. A few minutes before he left, he warned a new guy coming to the table that this Asian girl dealer was screwing things up and called her a "bitch". He didn't say it jokingly, he was kind of angry after losing a decent amount of money. Rather than call security, or ignore him or blank him for being rude, she took a beat and then laughed along as if impressed with the wit. Then preceded to chat with him flirtatiously. All this while barely doing her job correctly and not watching bets, well at least for non-white players. I'm positive if anyone else but a white male said that to her, they would be gone.

To me, this is how social racism goes way beyond the dating scene. You get these fairly overt differences in how a white worshipping woman will treat people and which behaviors are tolerated depending on the race of the customer. It's somewhat fortunate that the only place I see pigchasing AF's in the service sector is at the casino; it would be unfortunate having to deal with something like multiple times a day.

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