After losing a court custody battle my mother decides to make a run for it, taking 4 year old me from a civilized eastern metropolis to the deep south. She lies about my age to the small town school, and shoves me into kindergarten on the day they plan to celebrate Halloween.
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Even after going through the expanded list, this does not even begin to cover the micro aggressions and negative associations heaped on children of color in school. Kids just trying to get through the day are constantly fighting being defined by someone else’s unconscious bias.
Uhm... link please!
100%. Replace “feared for my life” with “he shouldn’t be speaking to me like an equal”. She’s the white liberal lady that is happy to give to a charity benefitting brown people, but knows none personally, and doesn’t even realize how little she thinks of us.
KAmy needs to take an unconscious bias test and spend some…
I’m usually pretty good at gifts for my coworkers- I think about the person, picture what they would really enjoy and try to buy something that not only encapsulates their personal style, but also shows that I hold them in high esteem. And I spend a lot of time carefully wrapping the gift and writing a thoughtful…
This. It’s driving my OCD up a wall.
Exactly! Calm down, Sarah (BoogiemanGrilled).
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YES! Stevia is the most disgusting taste in the world and ruins everything. I find it deeply offensive.
They discontinued their Blue Cheese and Roasted Pecan Dip this February too. Why the war on blue cheese, TJ’s?
Oh Lord, that parking lot. We park at Gelson’s, get our fruit there and walk across the street for the rest.
You can buy the Beyond Burger at grocery stores, they are very good!
I’m thinking of adding shrimp and arugula.
My morning: reads article, reads your comment. “What hand puppet?” Goes to take a closer look at video. I OWN THAT HAND PUPPET! I knew that little guy got out without me, because he always has such an attitude when I am attempting to puppet (and irritate the crap out of my family).
UGH, I feel so sad for both of them. That poor woman, and that poor, poor baby. It’s so heartbreaking.
Somehow I still want the spicy sausage dip recipe...
SATC 3 is basically the pilot for Golden Girls. Think about it.
Yes! Thanksgiving is such a fatty meal, a little acid brightens up the whole thing. I do the prunes and dried fruit in stuffing, a super dry white for brining and cooking, plus a squeeze of fresh lemon juice into the gravy right before serving. You can’t tell it’s lemon in there, but the acidity just brightens up…