I HAVE To Get This Off My Chest...

[nannyde]

Gpa said " "Do you really want to be hanging around with a bunch of porch monkeys?"

Nan says "Get the #$&^ out of my house. "

[AfterSchoolMom]

Wow, you showed incredible, superhuman control NOT to throw them out right then and there. I'd have had a hard time not using some harsh words of my own. Those sorts of comments BURN ME UP.

[gbcc]

Gpa said " "Do you really want to be hanging around with a bunch of porch monkeys?"

I live in a small, predominate white town so I have unfortunately heard this saying many times. I never got it though, ya know what it meant or why they said it? :confused:

Anyways, good for you for maintaining composure and escorting them to the door professionally!

[Little People]

I am so sorry to hear that you had to deal with a family like that. It is very sad to know there are still people like this in our world.

I am proud of the way you handled things. I would of got my Bible out and read them a few verses.

[MG&Lsmom]

Oh good golly. That's horrible! People never cease to amaze me.

I had a similar comment made to me back when I was teaching public school, middle school Spanish. Older single dad not understanding why his son was mandated to take my class.

[squareone]

I am so sorry to hear that you had to deal with a family like that. It is very sad to know there are still people like this in our world.

I am proud of the way you handled things. I would of got my Bible out and read them a few verses.

It doesn't surprise me at all that there are still people in the world like this. What DOES surprise me though, is the people who still make open displays of racism and openly admit to being racist. Even if you were truly a racist, it's not PC to admit to it in this day and age. The sad part about it is that these poor little children have to grow up in that home environment.

[Zoe]

If I had heard stuff like that, I think I would have handled it exactly as OP did if nothing else but for the reason that these people really did sound crazy and I'd be afraid for my safety if I had said something. Especially if my DH wasn't around! I'm in a predominantly white town as well, and I know there's racism, but thankfully for my own kids (who I've always taught about tolerance and acceptance of others) the racism isn't as "proudly" stated as those people did! Yuck!

I'm sorta glad they got it out at the interview instead of you taking them on and finding out about it later around your dck's!

[countrymom]

I watch a biracial girl. Her parents are not together, so when she goes to moms house on the weekend, you should hear what they say. Her mother is black so the always use the N word all the time, they talk about black people like crazy and they are black. Her dad and stepmom (I'm good friends with them) are white, so when she comes back from the weekend it awful.

[gbcc]

I watch a biracial girl. Her parents are not together, so when she goes to moms house on the weekend, you should hear what they say. Her mother is black so the always use the N word all the time, they talk about black people like crazy and they are black. Her dad and stepmom (I'm good friends with them) are white, so when she comes back from the weekend it awful.

When I first started reading I thought you had a typo and meant to say the mother isn't black ! What in the world :confused: That poor child.

I had a very good friend who had Biracial children. The older boy started getting older and began to question where he belonged. He didn't see his father so he was raised entirely by a white family and was told he acted white , but looked black. This poor child was so confused on the fact he didn't act black but looked black and how he should act and where he belonged. If he lived with dad would he be accepted because he acted white? I really wish parents would see what they do to these children.

[momofsix]

When I first started reading I thought you had a typo and meant to say the mother isn't black ! What in the world :confused: That poor child.

I had a very good friend who had Biracial children. The older boy started getting older and began to question where he belonged. He didn't see his father so he was raised entirely by a white family and was told he acted white , but looked black. This poor child was so confused on the fact he didn't act black but looked black and how he should act and where he belonged. If he lived with dad would he be accepted because he acted white? I really wish parents would see what they do to these children.

i'm trying really hard to not get seriously offended here and hoping I'm just not understanding your comment. Are you saying parents of mixed race children did something wrong??? Pleasee clarify for me!

[marniewon]

i'm trying really hard to not get seriously offended here and hoping I'm just not understanding your comment. Are you saying parents of mixed race children did something wrong??? Pleasee clarify for me!

That's kind of how I took it too.

[gbcc]

i'm trying really hard to not get seriously offended here and hoping I'm just not understanding your comment. Are you saying parents of mixed race children did something wrong??? Pleasee clarify for me!

I think maybe you weren't understanding the comment! I was not saying parents of mixed race children in general did something wrong. I am saying this particular family did something wrong by telling the poor child that he looked black but acted white. What is that? You do not act white or act black. That can't be measured and they should not teach the child that.

[KEG123]

After they dropped the N bomb, they would have been shown the door! Some people! Wow!

[missnikki]

I think maybe you weren't understanding the comment! I was not saying parents of mixed race children in general did something wrong. I am saying this particular family did something wrong by telling the poor child that he looked black but acted white. What is that? You do not act white or act black. That can't be measured and they should not teach the child that.

I know what you are trying to say, I think:
The poor kid is having enough trouble adjusting to begin with, since his skin is a different color than his dad's and he is prob. reminded of it often with nothing he can do about it...to top off he has a mom that makes fun of it and points it out, and teaches him that when your skin is this certain color, you act this way, otherwise you are odd...

right? poor guy.

[gbcc]

I know what you are trying to say, I think:
The poor kid is having enough trouble adjusting to begin with, since his skin is a different color than his dad's and he is prob. reminded of it often with nothing he can do about it...to top off he has a mom that makes fun of it and points it out, and teaches him that when your skin is this certain color, you act this way, otherwise you are odd...

right? poor guy.

Yes exactly

Except the dad was black and not in the pic so he was around his moms family who was all white. The moms family made comments about how "black people act" (in her opinion, not mine!) and how thankfully the boy "acted white like them" (again her opinion, not mine!)