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Originally posted by cash78mere
as much as i think the customs official was right and pmmama overreacted, what the heck does racism have to do with anything? i think that's quite nervy of you to blatantly say she is prejudiced. what right do you have to say that???
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Um...okay. I am not one of the "sensitive ones" that makes EVERYTHING a racial issue (but thanks for the generalization, PM Mama, it really says a lot about your character), let me clear that up. I challenge anyone who alleges that to look at my posting history. Find ONE post in a thread that is NOT directly related to a racial issue in which I have played the race card. Please.
But yes, I am nervy. I guess one must be in order to be up front with how they feel. See as much as I criticize PM Mama and her views I at least respect the fact that she is open with it.
I CAN call her prejudiced and I WILL call her prejudiced because of her posting history. Not to mention the fact that SHE HERSELF HAS ADMITTED IT.
No, PM Mama I do not know you, and you do not know me. If you are as direct in real life as you are on GC about your biases, one of two things would happen. Either you would hate me and label me a militant for strongly disagreeing with you, or you would learn to respect me and my experiences, and perhaps become somewhat more open-minded. On GC, you clearly have written me off. Whatever, that's fine. But your token minority friends do not take away from your prejudice, nor do they prove otherwise, no matter HOW vehemently you believe it. Prejudiced people CAN have friends of another race. It is called SURVIVING. Minorities in this country have to do it, and believe me, there is plenty of prejudice in the minority community as well.
As for the topic, you know, it is funny about the people that did not catch PM Mama's remark about fair skinned and blue eyes, or whatever it was. Maybe y'all feel the same way and that's why you guys are getting defensive about it. If the customs lady was a "bia" then she was a "bia." But I think in the original post, PM Mama was more concerned with being profiled (and equating that with rude behavior) than anything else. Then when people started calling her on it, she tried to change it up. It's all good though.