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Social Problem Dialogue Scene: Turkish Doner Kabab Essay

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.

The jokes are funny, but they are only meant to make people laugh, not hurt.
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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