I'm white and I once got called "racist against my own kind" by a white lady while working in a bible belt state😭
I was operating a ferris wheel that needed to be balanced so it didn't get stuck, and it just so happened that the white family next in line was too large and would've gotten it stuck, so I had the smaller Black family behind them go first instead
Whenever they give you the 'our' kind shit, give them the, "You're out of your fucking mind if you think I'm one of your kind."
I'm so amazed as a white dude what complete strangers at bars (deep red county) will just sit down and say to me out of nowhere, assuming I'm just a bigot racist idiot too.
Yeah it was super baffling. I hate being surrounded by friendly (to me) bigots that I know would make me unsafe the second I were to be honest with them about what I actually believe
I work in manufacturing (think large scale welding and assembly), and while the floor workers are (mostly) perfectly genial towards me, if they knew who I actually was and what I actually believe, I think most of them wouldn’t see me as a person. Hell, one of the welders has a confederate flag tattoo for all to see on his right forearm.
Someday I’ll get to leave and work somewhere else, but for now I just have to try to keep a professional distance from them.
I work at a disability law firm, when i first started i was in the intake department fielding calls from ppl who wanted help getting disability and helping to sort through who had a viable claim and who didnt. And the amount of white ppl with (per SSA standards) non-severe conditions and lack of medical care talking about the government “just giving my money to the illegals and the n—-“ was WILD. Like, my guy, YOU dont qualify for “your money” based on the SSA guidelines, why are you making up scenarios?!???
Just wanna say, thanks for what you and the lawyers you work with do! I'm on disability, and it took me a while to get onto it. I ended up hiring a disability lawyer and they were super helpful!
Yeah I have been much happier since being on disability. It's been much less stressful, and I haven't had any Crohn's flare ups that put me in the hospital since I got on it! It's been so nice.
I've had that happen to me while I was working. Guy said we had a nice store. He'd seen stores in the Dallas areas with too many n-words. I've never been more disgusted.
I hit them with the "sorry, I'm a Christian, not white trash" that breaks them because if they try to claim Jesus I would ask them to point where Jesus said "hate (minority they are complaining about) "
My mom and I were driving down to visit my brother and his family. A truck with a big confederate flag passed us. She points at it and said "There goes our flag." I immediately replied, "Not mine. The people who fought for that flag were bigots, losers, and traitors. I'm glad they lost." Then a truck with an American flag drove by. I pointed at it and said "That's MY flag."
My sister-in-law is black. My mom and her have a good relationship. She sits her mixed race grandchild. My mom worked in literacy programs filled with people of color for decades helping them learn to read and get their diplomas. She doesn't see the contradiction. Southern white culture sucks ass.
Can see the possible headlines of those wanting to twist that around too. «white person used black family to test out dangerously unbalanced Ferris wheel, while white family was kept safe behind.”
I hated living there so much. I once had two customers call me names and ask me why I had "such a black name" (they said it with a slur tho). Not that it matters, but I was named after a white actress with a very white (though slightly uncommon) name, so they weren't even right about where it came from?
They harassed me for like 15 minutes and my supervisor had to come and shoo them away from me.
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u/HistoricalLinguistic Aug 07 '26
I'm white and I once got called "racist against my own kind" by a white lady while working in a bible belt state😭
I was operating a ferris wheel that needed to be balanced so it didn't get stuck, and it just so happened that the white family next in line was too large and would've gotten it stuck, so I had the smaller Black family behind them go first instead