African American
In reply to the discussion: So I've had quite the post racial day [View all]Sophiegirl
(2,338 posts)I grew up with a racist mother.
I am happy, yet unhappy to say...Go fuck these people who are so threatened by equal rights and basic humility!! Go fuck these people, those that believe they are privileged because they have light colored skin. I know I could probably say this more eloquently, but I'm so angry that I am at a loss for the best words.
I was beaten by my mother because, in high school, because I went on a date with a Mexican boy. We lived in West Texas. Where my school was about 40% Mexican. He was an honor roll boy. But he wasn't white.
She came to visit me in Northern Virginia in the mid-80s. On a visit to the White House, sitting on a bench in the Ellipse, she commented on how many "n******" there were around. There was a black squirrel we were feeding. Unusual, but there it was. Eating the popcorpn we tossed to it. She said, "See, even the squirrels are n*****". I grew some balls that day and told her to STFU. I said she was what was wrong with this world. She never spoke to me again. And I am glad. She died 18 months ago. She didn't speak to any of her four children. She committed suicide at the age of 83. I alone went home to bury her. Because I felt that in death, she might gain some knowledge. I hope that wherever she is now, she has a better understanding.
I am so glad that her disgraceful stance on race didn't affect me nor my own children.
Sorry. I don't ever post here, but this kind of crap makes my blood boil. And I'm sorry there are people that are this evil.