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JTHipster  ·  3913 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Fuck the entirety of this shitty city and this shitty state.

Cincinnati, not cleveland. And no, I doubt I'd be lynch but still.

I guess I'm just also super not used to just casual racism thrown down in the middle of a conversation either? I was just talking to a person one time and the discussion got on to crime rates and I brought up how new game consoles would get stolen at launch events. And the one person NOT INVOLVED was like "well that's just their culture, you know, the blacks."

And I just stopped. I don't understand this fucking country.





beezneez  ·  3913 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Damn, my geography's all off. Allow me to drop a book-bomb here: [http://www.amazon.com/Blues-People-Negro-Music-America/dp/068818474X/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1394349000&sr=8-1&keywords=blues+people](Blues People), because it is one of the best books that tracks African heritage in American music.

Also, I meant to edit the syntax above because my "help[ing]" is ambiguous; gave a second thought about it and I thought I wrote I was going lynching. Hell no!

I'm... not black; but, my Mexican co-workers call me a "wigger" all the time and it's super uncomfortable. They call me over when there's extra cheese to eat, (I work at a greek place, so feta abounds), and I don't know, sometimes I don't know what to say so I just start speaking Spanish.

JTHipster  ·  3913 days ago  ·  link  ·  

That's racist as shit. Also I should be clear, I'm white, which I'm sure is why they say it, but it's still racist and super uncomfortable that they think I'd be okay with it.

Also I do fit the white stereotype of loving cheese, so you can give me all your extra cheese.

beezneez  ·  3913 days ago  ·  link  ·  
JTHipster  ·  3913 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Cottage Cheese is gross.