Anonymous wrote:When I was a new mom (read: young and only had one kid/still very green) I signed up for a "Mom and Tots" class. My very tall and big 2 year old snatched a toy out of a girls hand and swatted at her. I was mortified and had him apologize and took him out of the class for a time out. When we re-entered everyone was like "no big deal we've all been there" and it was ok. That night I got a call from the little girls father (keep in mind her mother was in the class and said nothing to me) telling me he didn't work hard his whole life just for his daughter to accept beatings from white men. He told me that he is sickened that I encourage my son to beat black women. I was literally dumbfounded. It made me feel terrible and horrible for YEARS.

Anonymous wrote:Yes, reverse racism at work. I realize that "racism" I experience as a white woman is not the same think as real racism. But being judged & attacked in part because of your race ... Well, nobody likes that, no matter your color.

Anonymous wrote:Yes. About 17 years ago, when Barry was still mayor, I was stopped by a DC cop allegedly for making an illegal right turn on red. I say "allegedly" because I was very familiar with the intersection, which allowed right on red turns from the major street (from which I was turning) but not the intersecting minor side street. But yet there was the sign, turned and a bit askew, as if it had been turned by someone or perhaps something to face the major street. When I pointed it out to the MPD officer he said "Shut up, or I'll do what I'd like to do." When I asked what that was, he (who was black) said "take your white ass to jail." I was shocked. I thought later about filing a complaint against the officer and taking the ticket to court, but MPD in those days was notoriously fickle (lots of recruits in the Barry era got hired even after multiple fails of the police exam), as was the DC government. I even considered moving out of the city, but decided to stay once Mayor Williams came in and things really started to improve.

Anonymous wrote:You cannot be racist against a white person, so this whole thread is kind of moot.

Anonymous wrote:I'm white, and my husband is black. His family doesn't accept me as "one of us." In their eyes, I will always be an outsider. I do like them, and my husband is truly part of my extended family.

Also, I was once the only white nurse's aide in a nursing home. The other women were all Haitian immigrants or African-American. They simply wouldn't talk with me or work with me. In this work, it goes much better if you can team up and help each other out with lifting people, making beds, etc. But they just wouldn't help me or allow me to help them. The Haitian women would always sit in the break room talking in Creole and completely leave me out. There were a few who were decent to me. But if they were not working that day, it was very lonely. It was many years ago, and I'm over the anger of it by now. But it did have a huge effect on me. I never want to treat anyone like they treated me, for any reason.

Anonymous wrote:I am half white (and look white). I was once surrounded by a group of white college kids who were saying horrible things about another race of which I am half (the other half). It was horrible. I ended up telling them off and transferring colleges.