re: 7 Things I Can Do That My Black Son Can’t

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7. I Can Count on Being Met on My Own Terms

If I’m being treated poorly, I don’t stop and think about whether it’s due to my race. But unless we somehow make a giant leap forward, my son will always have to wonder.

Recently, I became a father for the second time. My daughter, only three months old, will grow up to face many of the same challenges as my son, on top of the extra ones that come with being a woman: the struggle for equal pay, the catcalling, the constant threat of sexual assault.

I don’t want to give my children a complex about all of this, but I can’t wish these problems away, either. I can’t eliminate all the unfair hurdles that exist in the world. I can only do my best to raise kids who are able to jump over them.

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I dont even know what to say.

I am a white dude with a black wife and kids.

This dude is a fricking Yahoo. Fitting he writes for them.

My wife has had more black people call her out for marrying white than any white person has EVER done. She won't live in Louisiana because of the black people there. (She is from Texas)

While I was in the military, almost every black women would tell her shite in passing.

Black dudes often would just stare at me.

I know there are racist on all sides, but from my personal experience growing up in Louisiana and living in Texas, Florida, and Nevada, we get more shite from black people than anything else.


Although, this one story is quite funny. I had this white couple come up to me while I was holding my daughter. My wife wasn't around at the time. The lady said, "oh we have one of those too".

I was confused for a second and said, "one of what?"

She goes, "a black baby"...

I told her its not some fricking club and left.

I was a church....LOL.


I never understood why some of these white yahoo's adopt/marry a different race with that mindset.