re: White Woman Lists The Microaggressions She & Black Husband Encounter

Not sure why this 6’5” black guy wanted to marry this crazy white bitch but, as they say, “He Done fricked up”. Maybe his momma was mean to him and that’s what he knew. Or maybe,maybe, this is all fiction and bull shite.

McDonald's gave me a Dr. Pepper instead of a Diet Coke. Obviously a micro aggression or maybe just life.

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She's actually not wrong about this. Try finding an anniversary card with a white man/black woman couple on it. It's a needle in a haystack.

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Then I stand corrected. Obviously I’ve never had to hunt for a representative couple of an anniversary card (or even a “From Us” card), which probably contributes to my impression of not having seen very many couples on cards to begin with. If I had I could see that I might feel differently.

But after 20 years I’ve bought plenty of anniversary cards for my husband, and I swear they all just have some sort of generic background: one year the aged brown leather, the next year the blue paisley, the year after the gray marble, and then the cycle starts over again. Or maybe I’m just not that creative about card shopping.

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A story like yours I could agree with and see the point. Unless there had been some prior issues with criminal or disruptive behavior in the library it seems poor policing to bother anyone peacefully using library resources.

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I don't blame the guy too much. There was definitely the occasional issue with outsiders trying to use the library after midnight (which wasn't allowed).

Some were, ill-behaved...

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I had a night job at Canes and I got pulled over constantly on the interstate because I was a young male driving a Mustang. It was painfully obvious they wanted to make sure I was sober.

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This. I'm a young(ish) white male that also happens to be a federal law enforcement officer; because of my job, I sometimes work and drive in the middle of the night at all hours.

Back when I had my Challenger R/T with big wheels and red stripes down the side, I would get pulled over ALL. THE. TIME. at night for no reason. I got pulled over once for doing 66 in a 60 ON THE INTERSTATE.

I've known dozens of local and state LEOs through working along side them, and they'll be the first to tell you they profile the car itself more than anything.

People also don't realize it's extremely tough to determine someone's race as they drive by at high speed during the day, there's glares, window tint, reflections, other cars in the way, and you only see them shoulders-up to begin with. It's impossible at night with headlights in your eyes and most cars having some form of rear window tint, and more light existing outside the car. This is true at both high and low speeds.

The car is what they/we profile. A black man in an average car would have infinitely less problems out of police than a white guy driving an old junker or something with giant rims. That's just how it is.

Someone should have explained to her, years ago, that life isn't fair. If she, her husband, and children are healthy she should be thankful. If not, take a vacation to Haiti. I was told by a nice Haitian lady that there is no stigma to mixed marriages in Haiti. It sounds like the ideal home for Karens.

I see this Karen has bought, hook line and sinker, into capitalizing "black" and not "white" when referencing one's skin color.

Hey, KAREN: YOU sound like a racist.

Is there a link to this "story"??