I think you should write back.
"I cannot write coherently to you now as I want to rip off your nuts and shove them down your throat."
ION - hard parental thing for my moment - trying to explain African American history issues to mac. What does slave mean? Why would they do that? - it is like dying a little bit.
Oh, man, msbelle. Many hugs to both of you.
"If Hillary's the nominee I'm voting third-party" train
I don't really get this at all. He means instead of Obama?
ION - hard parental thing for my moment - trying to explain African American history issues to mac. What does slave mean? Why would they do that? - it is like dying a little bit.
I feel your pain. I had a complete "huh" moment with Nilly when I was explaining how and why Howard University was created and she said "but, why couldn't the black people learn with everybody else?"
Though my head really *isn't* in the sand. I know plenty about the issues at hand; I'm just small-minded enough that I can discuss and strategize and analyze till the cows come home with people who mostly agree with me, but I'm not competent to thoughtfully defend the stuff that matters bone-and-marrow deep with someone who's jokey and dismissive.
Though my head really *isn't* in the sand.
mine either. It's just easier to say it that way.
What does slave mean? Why would they do that? - it is like dying a little bit.
Oy. That's an obviously hard part of interracial adoption, and when the kid isn't American I can't imagine the added complexity. Thinking about it makes me want to cry.
Msbelle, if you want my parents' reading list for raising a non-American kid with an awareness of American racial politics, just holler.
ION - hard parental thing for my moment - trying to explain African American history issues to mac. What does slave mean? Why would they do that? - it is like dying a little bit.
Oh wow. I can't even imagine.