Social Problem Dialogue
Scene: Turkish doner kabab restaurant in a German village. Turkish music is playing on the radio and the food service worker is moving to the beat. A blonde woman enters the restaurant.
Turk: Hello. Can I take your order?
Dane: I would like four doner kababs.
Turk: Four? To go?
Dane: To go. Thanks.
Turk: What kind of sauce? Red or white?
Dane: Red is spicy with chilies, right?
Turk: Yes, red is a little spicy.
Dane: Could you make two kababs with red sauce and two with white?
Turk: Split it up. All right.
Dane: I know I should try some of your other dishes like in the photos there.
Turk: You would like the other food.
Dane: I agree. It is just that I like the kebabs so much.
Turk: You like Turkish food? You been to Turkey?
Dane: I haven't been to Turkey, but I very much want to go. I hear Istanbul is an amazing city.
Turk: I myself am Italian.
Dane: Italian? Well, you look a little Italian and a little Turkish.
Turk: I have Turkish blood, but I am Italian citizen.
Dane: I am an American citizen, but I have Danish and English blood.
Turk: I think they are the same…the Danish and the English.
Dane: You are right about that, I think. Plus I am blonde.
Turk: Oh, I know. The blonde jokes. Turks tell blonde jokes about northern Italians.
Dane: That's what people say about blonde jokes…everywhere. Still.
Turk: Well, for me it is jokes about a whirling dervish. And that is religion, not hair color.
Dane: Around here, some people think I am German because I
Turk: Because you look German. Blonde, blue eyes, tall. The way you walk.
Dane: It works until I start talking.
Turk: Yes. Your German is terrible. But you are not afraid to talk to anyone. That is foreign.
Dane: You know, I think some Germans don't like Americans.
Turk: Because of the soldiers everywhere. But Germans like the soldiers' to spend their money.
Dane: Soldiers like by Italian gelato and donor kebabs at the shops in Germany.
Turk: It is true. Many of my customers are soldiers. They can eat a lot of kebab.
Dane: And hard-working Turks and Germans, too.
Turk: My people -- my Turkish people -- and my Italian people, too. Work hard in Germany.
Dane: Turkish people are still helping to rebuild Germany.
Turk: Turks take jobs doing work Germans won't do.
Dane: It is the same in America with Hispanics. Hispanics are people from Mexico, mostly.
Turk: And black people. Germany has many black people who talk about America.
Dane: Yes. Things are…
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