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sinkingfeeling

(51,276 posts)
70. Love it! I'm white with a black granddaughter and I'd probably rip anybody
Fri Jan 24, 2014, 10:29 AM
Jan 2014

apart that says or does anything to her!

I love that story. cinnabonbon Jan 2014 #1
Me too! JustAnotherGen Jan 2014 #8
And yet, there's still something very wrong with this picture Mister Ed Jan 2014 #23
Yes, things are far from being right, indeed. tavalon Jan 2014 #58
+1000 blackspade Jan 2014 #62
Oh yeah, that does sound really patronizing cinnabonbon Jan 2014 #76
What a great woman and a lesson well-taught..Thanks for posting. Teachable moment..n/t monmouth3 Jan 2014 #2
Bingo! ... 1StrongBlackMan Jan 2014 #3
1strong JustAnotherGen Jan 2014 #7
K&R! sheshe2 Jan 2014 #4
Most white folk though could not walk in her shoes.. HipChick Jan 2014 #5
Are they weak... AgingAmerican Jan 2014 #41
If they were thrust into a role that they couldn't comprehend Luminous Animal Jan 2014 #51
When you put it like that AgingAmerican Jan 2014 #54
No, we white people are like fish tavalon Jan 2014 #59
Going to help this go viral on FB. Help me out. nt kelliekat44 Jan 2014 #6
That's precious, Gen! Brought Cha Jan 2014 #9
Thanks for this, JustAnotherGen! Sissyk Jan 2014 #10
I love it! JustAnotherGen Jan 2014 #11
Yes, and we can. Sissyk Jan 2014 #12
I had a conversation about white privilege with my 20-yr-old daughter the other day lapislzi Jan 2014 #13
Ut oh! JustAnotherGen Jan 2014 #15
dominant white male cultural paradigm noiretextatique Jan 2014 #25
Imagine you live in the Bronx from the ages of 4 to 12 JustAnotherGen Jan 2014 #42
Love it! lapislzi Jan 2014 #69
Good analogy lapislzi Jan 2014 #28
That's awesome JustAnotherGen Jan 2014 #39
Imagine this tavalon Jan 2014 #60
To accept that, you have to accept evolution as scientific fact (which it is) lapislzi Jan 2014 #66
Hannibal was from Carthage PaddyIrishman Jan 2014 #73
Mine does JustAnotherGen Jan 2014 #77
Hell, go down to Sicily, girlfriend! It's a short row to the African littoral...! MADem Jan 2014 #79
grad school professor makes a racist comment in class noiretextatique Jan 2014 #14
Great yet painful experience you've shared noire JustAnotherGen Jan 2014 #16
it did not hurt: it angered me beyond belief noiretextatique Jan 2014 #47
I tried to explore that in the AA group JustAnotherGen Jan 2014 #49
happens a lot noiretextatique Jan 2014 #88
Thank you for relating such an ugly personal experience. AAO Jan 2014 #19
no one, with a functioning brain, noiretextatique Jan 2014 #48
no one heaven05 Jan 2014 #71
I'm the kind of person who speaks up too, and I see soooooo many who don't. BlancheSplanchnik Jan 2014 #24
me too, Blanche noiretextatique Jan 2014 #30
ugh!! BlancheSplanchnik Jan 2014 #40
Something similiar happened to me in WV in the mid-1990's. Rozlee Jan 2014 #27
this is how racism manifests noiretextatique Jan 2014 #32
But it's not color!1 It's CLASS!!11one Number23 Jan 2014 #36
lmao...youuuuuuuuuu! noiretextatique Jan 2014 #43
What the hell? Did she think that her racist comments would make you swoon or something? Number23 Jan 2014 #53
a total nutcase noiretextatique Jan 2014 #89
Sounds like she didn't even realize her racism. woolldog Jan 2014 #92
she has a doctorate noiretextatique Jan 2014 #93
yep, thank you heaven05 Jan 2014 #72
Well said. Chiquitita Jan 2014 #67
My god, that sounds awful. cinnabonbon Jan 2014 #78
These students may not have expected anything like that ... eppur_se_muova Jan 2014 #86
i can understand that noiretextatique Jan 2014 #91
very good. Informative anecdote and worth sharing. nt Lucky Luciano Jan 2014 #17
Nice DLnyc Jan 2014 #18
I had a similar experience in a small rural grocery store passiveporcupine Jan 2014 #20
Happened to my daughter when 840high Jan 2014 #21
See as a black woman JustAnotherGen Jan 2014 #31
Then write to corporate headquarters. 840high Jan 2014 #50
Non race related JustAnotherGen Jan 2014 #63
FANTASTIC!!! See what she's saying?? BlancheSplanchnik Jan 2014 #22
+1000 noiretextatique Jan 2014 #45
big time! BlancheSplanchnik Jan 2014 #46
Very well said my dear! JNelson6563 Jan 2014 #74
OMG I love it! nt ChisolmTrailDem Jan 2014 #26
Well-done-- on all counts ailsagirl Jan 2014 #29
Thanks for posting unapatriciated Jan 2014 #33
As a black woman, I feel this.. AngryAmish Jan 2014 #34
If I didn't already love you, I DAMN sure would now Number23 Jan 2014 #35
Throw some love JustAnotherGen Jan 2014 #37
Maybe this will answer the often asked questions gollygee Jan 2014 #38
I'm white as snow Aerows Jan 2014 #44
A variation on the theme is the counter clerk sauntering out of the back room Warpy Jan 2014 #52
I failed at this peasant one Jan 2014 #55
Wow, that was so awesome tavalon Jan 2014 #56
Kick! XemaSab Jan 2014 #57
The fact that this happened is sad. blackspade Jan 2014 #61
Wow. K&R. nt DLevine Jan 2014 #64
This is so good. MadrasT Jan 2014 #65
Tell it like it is,JAG heaven05 Jan 2014 #68
Love it! I'm white with a black granddaughter and I'd probably rip anybody sinkingfeeling Jan 2014 #70
Still.... oldandhappy Jan 2014 #75
This is extremely poweful and I hope it goes viral. raven mad Jan 2014 #80
Excellent. nt lumberjack_jeff Jan 2014 #81
Love the story... ewagner Jan 2014 #82
Amazing Doctor_J Jan 2014 #83
Maybe it's just too new JustAnotherGen Jan 2014 #84
Man, I really, really, really love you Number23 Jan 2014 #85
Kick Pirate Smile Jan 2014 #87
...One black woman leaves. ThunderGrocerystore! N.T. Donald Ian Rankin Jan 2014 #90
I am white and I totally get this - yet you could tell white conservatives this MillennialDem Jan 2014 #94
You could also tell well meaning JustAnotherGen Jan 2014 #96
Of course not. There are no absolutes, just general trends. MillennialDem Jan 2014 #97
Kick, kick, kick! Heidi Jan 2014 #95
WHY are you doing this? noiretextatique Feb 2014 #98
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