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Printable Version of Topic ""You should've been white""

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-- Posted by iBritt at 8:56 am on Nov. 10, 2008

If I hear that one more time, I swear.

My friend saw my school ID that I have for the local community college, and this is what happened:

Him:  Why do you have this?
Me:  So I can use the library there
Him:  Why do you need to use the library?
Me:  (giving a random example) Because we don't have books about linguistics here
Him: Why do you need books on linguistics?
Me: Because I like reading about linguistics....
Him: Oh, you should've been white. You are sooo not black.

I mean....wtf?  I get shit like this all the time.


-- Posted by brenda castellanos at 8:57 am on Nov. 10, 2008

cool to kno


-- Posted by 101hereicome at 8:59 am on Nov. 10, 2008

Wow. And this is your friend?


-- Posted by Micus at 9:03 am on Nov. 10, 2008

We all know black people can't speak normal english duh


-- Posted by atomictastic at 9:03 am on Nov. 10, 2008

Tell me about it. Same goes for me.


-- Posted by ajakana at 9:17 am on Nov. 10, 2008

What a dummy listen sweet heart I'm multi racial and I act the way I want I come across people who think I should be a certain way/race they didn't have sex and make me they need to shut the fuck up don't worry about it just be yourself


-- Posted by Hggh7 at 9:33 am on Nov. 10, 2008

Happens to me everyday.


-- Posted by medjai at 9:40 am on Nov. 10, 2008

You shouldn't let people say racist shit to you.

I know a first generation African American (his parents are rom Nigeria) and a bunch of his friends cracked racist jokes around him, finally he told them what the fuck and they stopped. Racist bullshit like thinking it's 'white' to be interested in academic things is retarded and even if it's ackward you should let it be known that it's stupid.

His friends stopped, yours will too.


-- Posted by kidd rune at 2:41 pm on Nov. 10, 2008


they didn't have sex and make me
Word.


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