Oy. good on you for keeping your cool. I don't think getting in her face about it would have changed anything for her. sheesh.
And: color me surprised as f*ck when:
My dad, who supervised African-American troops as a US Army Sergeant Major, who had actual card-playing, go-fishing-and/or-drinking Black friends, who once talked a suicidal Black private down from a ledge then *brought him over for supper*... Beat the living shit out of me at age 15 when he found out I had kissed a Black kid. I mean *beat*. I mean *bloody* I mean "NO Daughter of MINE is going to date a N*word!!"
I was so surprised by that that I almost didn't feel the pain.
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Date: 2008-08-19 08:40 pm (UTC)And: color me surprised as f*ck when:
My dad, who supervised African-American troops as a US Army Sergeant Major, who had actual card-playing, go-fishing-and/or-drinking Black friends, who once talked a suicidal Black private down from a ledge then *brought him over for supper*... Beat the living shit out of me at age 15 when he found out I had kissed a Black kid. I mean *beat*. I mean *bloody* I mean "NO Daughter of MINE is going to date a N*word!!"
I was so surprised by that that I almost didn't feel the pain.