The racist horror is real
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And now the real reason why she was upset.
It's about class not race. She was just upset that someone mistook her for a person who worked in retail. Which is really the same problem Michelle had with it. -
I hear it's a jungle out there
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I've been asked at least a couple of dozen times if I worked in some retail establishment. Asked more than that if I could help a short lady get something from the top shelf.
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But it happens much, much more to black people and when it happens to you it's just someone asking for help but when it happens to black people it RACISM!!!WestlinnDuck said:I've been asked at least a couple of dozen times if I worked in some retail establishment. Asked more than that if I could help a short lady get something from the top shelf.
This is one of those heads I win tail you lose situation. Another one of Michelle's examples of racism is that white people don't even really see her. She can be standing in line at a store and white person will get in line in front of her as if she isn't even there. So it's racist if they notice you and ask for help and it's racist if they don't notice you. All the racist bases are covered. -
Mrs. Worf's story about being ignored strikes me as thoroughly made up. She is hard to miss and she radiates bitchiness. Who is going to cut in front of a big black lady? This isn't 1964 in the South. No one was cutting in front of black shoppers in Eugene in the 1970s or ever since that. Now if she had a loaded cart and then left it while going back for a forgotten item and she wasn't back when it was her turn at the cashier, then sure. That sounds plausible. She got butt hurt when asked to help out a short lady. So it's not like embellishing is outside her wheelhouse.
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Saturday I got asked a question as if I were an employee. I said I don’t work here and went on with my life. The person said, oh, sorry and went on with her life. And yes, I would be a bad person if I went off.
Also, I’ve been cut in line on. The person didn’t see me. When I told them the line was behind me, the said oh, sorry, and went to the back of the line. Everyone moved on. -
People always ask me stuff like I own the place because I always act like I own the place
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Harder to do I’ll bet when wearing your blue vest and name tagMikeDamone said:Saturday I got asked a question as if I were an employee. I said I don’t work here and went on with my life. The person said, oh, sorry and went on with her life. And yes, I would be a bad person if I went off.
Also, I’ve been cut in line on. The person didn’t see me. When I told them the line was behind me, the said oh, sorry, and went to the back of the line. Everyone moved on. -
Michelle Obama has horror story of when someone cut in front of her in-line waiting to order with her kids.
Ya, that never happened to a white person...ever. -
I can believe it happened to her. It happens to me. But it's usually where there isn't really a formal line and you have a number of people standing around who have already ordered and they are waiting for their order and people who haven't yet ordered. I had someone do it to me at the sandwich shop just the other day. I just chalked it up to the woman not paying attention and no big deal but that's my white privilege talking. I don't have the weight of 400 years of slavery to blame every inconvenience or minor slight on my skin color.WestlinnDuck said:Mrs. Worf's story about being ignored strikes me as thoroughly made up. She is hard to miss and she radiates bitchiness. Who is going to cut in front of a big black lady? This isn't 1964 in the South. No one was cutting in front of black shoppers in Eugene in the 1970s or ever since that. Now if she had a loaded cart and then left it while going back for a forgotten item and she wasn't back when it was her turn at the cashier, then sure. That sounds plausible. She got butt hurt when asked to help out a short lady. So it's not like embellishing is outside her wheelhouse.
