A MOTHER recounting an incident to her adult daughter ingeniously included not just the race or religion of each character, but made it a key feature.
Carolyn Ryan was telling daughter Hayley about an incident at work and interwove these important biographical details without it seeming in the least gratuitous.
She said: “You see Mo, who’s Muslim and had been off for Eid, came back and Rosa had taken over his project. And he isn’t happy because he thinks Rosa is lazy.
“She isn’t, it’s just being from Equatorial Guinea where sunset and sunrise is the same all year round she finds it hard to adjust to the nights drawing in.
“Luckily Luis the manager stepped in and nipped it in the bud. He’s a former diplomat from Colombia, also near the equator, and raised in the Islamic faith so could understand both perspectives and solve everything with a few calming words.
“You accuse me of bringing up race when it’s not relevant, but in this case it was actually incredibly pertinent to what transpired. Also Luis is gay.”
Hayley said: “Yes, but not in a camp way, you said. And I know Rosa’s from Equatorial Guinea but she is also born and raised in Walsall.”
