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Linny
I've had people remark about their hair and the style my girls' prefer. (Just pigtails or simple braids, nothing more.) And a few have made comments about how the girls *should* be wearing their hair in this and that styles-----right in front of the girls as if they couldn't even hear or understand what was being said. They are now 7yrs and 5yrs old---they don't appreciate those comments. I've also had one older woman 'challenge' me---in front of the girls, asking rudely 'Why would I want an AA baby/child?!?" And I could have been just as rude and arrogant as that lady was, but knew it wouldn't do any good to return in rudeness, because of her ignorance.
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Did you correct her, or did you just let her comment pass so that she could go on spreading her ignorance throughout the world?
I am a Black American with a diverse mix of ethnicities in my extended families - and I don't feel it is just my duty - I feel it is everyone's duty to correct someone when they use denigrating statements. Letting it pass, in my eyes, lets it stand.
To the poster with the NA son, I agree with your statements, I have seen things changing in my area in regards to NA mascots, etc - I feel the exact same way about those images as I feel about that 'f' term.
I'll even stretch and concede that everyone does not grow up in diverse areas. But as a previous poster said, and as I stated earlier, this is the INTERNET that we're on. Look up racial slurs, look up offensive images, educate yourself & when you get called on the carpet for something that may not be correct, thank your lucky stars that you ARE on the internet - people in real life may not be so kind as to stick to harsh reprimands.
*i'd never heard of choco-baby either & wouldn't have liked it. maybe when little cc children are called vanilla wafer or something equally ridiculous i won't be so touchy.
