Becky and Chad woke up one morning with slightly higher insurance premiums and college debt and decided WE NEED TO FIX THIS SHIT RIGHT.
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The Espo douche, who wants his ego stroked about “what a good person he is”.
The “reads a list like this and doesn’t realize which one applies to him” guy.
I think we escaped today only because Damon was busy at Potbelly and stopped at 10.
Step 1.) Shut the fuck up and pay attention.
For starters, don’t come into a Black-oriented forum and complain that the articles don’t speak directly to you.
I always read lists like this holding my breath hoping I won’t be one of the people described on the list. Still make this face :-\ when I find myself and this one :-D when I don’t. Today was a :-D day.
You know the Bernie Defense League’s top squadron of keyboard warriors are getting into formation like:
The Straight Black men who are the white people of black people did not make the list? Why? It would have made for better click bait instead of Bernie Sanders, Damon.
That last paragraph. I feel you. I too always got the “but you’re not REALLY black” for being articulate (and liking Radiohead haha). I’m glad you were able to have the talk with your fiancee. I’m mixed (half Asian) and 2016 made me feel EXTRA ethnic.
I am there with the “not black enough” thing. That was my entire childhood. Oh, you like to read? Oh, you don’t use AAVE? The things you like are different than what everyone else likes? Being a young black nerd in the 90's was tough. I’d been called coconut, Oreo, and the like. I’ve been accused of wanting to be…
She was pretty angry at first. Her point was that I shouldn’t roll over and accept the way that white supremacy works, and that I’d be terrifying our children by telling them they could be shot or killed.
Hmmm, if it weren’t for the pudgy, middle aged white guy description, you’d be me. And moving? I’ve been exploring that to protect my mom and sister. We’re only (ugh, I know, I feel like an asshole saying *only*) green card holders, and this year was when we became eligible to apply for citizenship. I’m still on the…
Yeah, I keep thinking, I’m pretty close to Canada, maybe I can get a job there and move. I haven’t applied for any Visas, so it’s mostly just a daydream.
What’s also striking is how naive people of a lot of different backgrounds truly were about racism, sexism, homophobia and xenophobia. We seem to believe that prejudice is a bunch of hillbillies in Appalachia. Yes, that’s true, but a lot of those people like lattes and hipster sandwiches while working at their…
“I feel comforted that what has always gone on sotto voce is now in the open.”
cough cough COSTA RICA cough
My weed budget has doubled and I am actually starting to look at other countries to live. Even as cynical as I am, even reading the Root for years and trying to attack my own blind spots, I was unprepared for how deeply racist and backwards America is. I can’t even fathom what POC are feeling if a pudgy middle aged…