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Racist with a smile
Today we had to go to the emergency dentist- Mr. Winged lost a crown and is leaving for Europe tomorrow. So we went to the only place we could find. The dentist turned out to be quite good but his secretary was interesting.
She was young and really seemed like a sweet person, definitely naive. She said some crazy racist things but it really had no venom or hatred or even shame behind it. I honestly don't know if she realized it was racist.
Oh, and this all happened while a black woman was in the office.
At first we were talking about the office moving. It is currently in a neighborhood that is on a downswing.
Receptionist: Yeah, there is a temp staffing place here now, and you know the type of peopl that attracts. They are so rude, walking by and yelling "What's up my n****er" to eachother (she said the word)
Later, when talking about Ryker and her own plans
Receptionist: I think I want to adopt one day. There are so many kids in need. But I only want to adopt from the US, not international.
Mr. Winged: Why is that? (baiting her since he assumes she has an interesting reason)
Receptionist: Well, first I think we should help our own kind first before others. Anything leftover, sure then let's help. Also, my sister went to school with a kid who was like crayola black and his mom was white and my sister would stare at him. He always had to explain that she was his mom even though they weren't the same color and that was sad. I guess if that doesn't work out, I'll just stick with raising dogs.
Re: Racist with a smile
Some dogs are black. Do you think she knows that?
Also, I lol'd pretty hard at "crayola black."A friend & I were at the gym a while back and Niecy Nash was on TV and she says "Is that Oprah? No, its the one from the view. No, its the one from Precious, right? I can't tell, they all look the same." and I wanted to DIE. The black woman on the treadmill behind her was not amused.
This reminds me of a recent conversation with my grandmother last week when my mother and I took her out to lunch.
Mom: Mentioning something about Michelle Obama
Grandma: I always thought she was such a pretty n*****.
Mom: Whispering. Mom, thats not nice. We dont use that word.
Grandma: In her sweet southern drawl. Thats right, they prefer to be called KNEE-GROWS!
I about died of laughter. My mom just sat there and shook her head.
Sara 7/7/11
Proof that pull and pray does not work if you are an Atheist.~Bethie
Yikes.
The woman we adopted Boston from said, "I don't want to move to Virginia...there are too many black people." Ummm....okay. Guess brown dogs are okay but not brown people?
People are speshul.