In related oatmeal:
What does one do - if anything - about close friends/family members who you've known your whole life and you know they are not racist, but they keep using language that is offensive (at least they're not saying the N word, thankfully), and despite being told, the information doesn't seem to sink in and they keep doing it? They're just not taking it seriously, I guess. Compared to everyone else around them in Deep Red America they're super progressive, so they feel fine about themselves? it's only me that's saying no you shouldn't say that.
Zen, I have just said - "don't say that" - or "that's racist". In the most extreme case because I was there in person I called it out and then said "I will not stay here if you keep talking like that".
Possibly also "I know you are progressive, but if you talk like that, people who do not know you as well as I do will think you're a racist because that is racist language."
Jesse, I responded to him. I couldn't let that pass. No response.
I want to kick him in the head.
That is enraging, Cashmere. I'm glad you have your friend's back.
Possibly also "I know you are progressive, but if you talk like that, people who do not know you as well as I do will think you're a racist because that is racist language."
That's good, I'm going to use that. They're very concerned about what others think of them (though they say they're not).
Thank Christ, the Supremes managed to rule correctly on the case about employment discrimination and LGBTQ+ people.
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Yes! Such good news. I haven't read the article yet.
That was wonderful news to come back inside to, and Gorsuch writing the the majority opinion was a big surprise to me!
A friend of mine was the victim of a racist incident, which she posted about and a friend of hers responded with "All lives matter." "Don't let one bad apple cloud your judgement."
"Bad apples should be removed from the barrel before they can spoil the rest." Unfriend
"Bad apples should be removed from the barrel before they can spoil the rest."
That's the thing. Saying "only a bad apple" misses the whole point of the metaphor.
anyone know what book it is that has a bit about two young girls being taken to a screening of Gone with the Wind where I think Mitchell is going to be? I am super bad at remembering books I've read.
