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You guys are all saying things that are very true, and giving the advice that I would give someone. Sigh...my problem is my Avoid Confrontation/Serious Talks gene. Any pointers on how to say all this perfectly reasonable stuff without feeling like I'm gonna barf?

You are right, of course. Sigh.

I know this is off-topic, but I need advice! From strangers!

No, they're not. In certain homogenous states and cities, they are, but not generally.

When you are white with a non-white baby, people assume you did the world a great service by saving the little colored child. When you are brown with a white-appearing child, people are suspicious because that's not the way things are "supposed" to go. If you're a woman, you must be the nanny. If you're a man, you…

Yes! Why, oh why the fucking hell don't people understand the concept of daily, casual, small racist shit?????

I hope you are at least very, very young. Still no excuse for an adult to be shocked by hair on another adult's legs, but it would make a tad bit more sense.

Ah, just realized who you are. MRA type. They generally are not the most POC-friendly, either. Lol - have fun. Take more classes.

Yup.

Sure, as you have. Loads of evidence. I don't have to prove anything to you. Please learn what an ad hominem is. Sheesh.

I don't get it. You were shocked that an adult woman has hair on her legs, and you never want to get a pedicure with her again...because she has hair on her legs?

No, you're right. It absolutely does all start with misogyny.

Yes, many non-Black people doubt it.

Religion, religion, religion. Oh, and fear of the Black man in the white house and the Hispanics pouring into the country.

No, but a party that wants to take away a woman's right to her own body, curtail her ability to get care, and is against contraception while being for abstinence education doesn't respect women as full citizens. So it's a start. But then there's all the rape victim blaming, the voting against equal pay for women and…

Until you try to buy an expensive item, of course. Or drive through the "wrong" neighborhood in "too nice" of a car. My brother's intelligence, master's degree, and great job may have insulated him from certain types of profiling, but certainly not all. The fact is that class and race overlap. Racism does not…

You vote for the party that agrees with how you say you feel socially, ie, lgbt rights, religious equality, etc., and the party that is attempting to provide healthcare for everyone. There is no "steal from the rich, give to the poor" scenario happening here. There is also not yet a "broken government program" where…

I guess I was very fortunate to have the experience I had.

Ok...so I have to ask: Are you financially well-off? If not, you are voting against your own interests with Republicans. Are you not at all bothered by the Republican strategy to keep minorities, the elderly, and the poor from voting? Are you totally uninterested in or do you agree with the Republican strategy to…