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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Np here . I’m also AA. I probably perpetuate it but I’m so used to it that if you ask me for help while we are in the store I loudly tell you “stop being racist. I don’t work here”  (how much is this, where is this in the store questions)
I also snatch my purse when I see older white people coming toward me. And I lock and unlock my car doors when I see groups of whites coming toward my car. Nobody ever notices but I giggle.
Yes. I am not on the good list this year. [/quote]
I think your first example is potentially unfair. I’m a white woman ho has been mistaken for a store employer countless times. I think there are some of us who just give off “I am a service worker” vibes wherever we go. Your other two subversive examples are hysterical. [/quote]

I get asked where stuff is too! I always try to help though. [/quote]

White middle aged woman here who is frequently asked for help at the grocery store— like how to pick the best fruit, etc. Also, location of things in the store. I am not offended and try to be helpful. Not sure why this is insulting to people.[/quote]

Another white middle-aged woman here. This happens to me regularly. I just respond that I don’t work there, and then I help the person get their question answered. I’ve been doing this for years. [/quote]

I am white and was asked by an elderly man who was not white at the store just today which Yogurt had the probiotics. I was happy to help him. This is not the first time I've been asked, it's usually by clueless men. Why isn't the inclination to be helpful rather than offended?[/quote]

LOL, y'all.  I am regularly mistaken for a service worker.  And sometimes other things.  The other day I walked into a 7-11 in a downtrodden part of town.  A customer looked up at me as he was standing in line at the register and announced loudly "social worker."  (I am not.)  Man, that store cleared out in about 10 seconds flat.  I had the whole darn place to myself.  The guy running the register was still holding some man's change.

Anyway, OP.  I get you.  I am a white mom with black and Hispanic kids.  I know my radar is super touchy because I never want my kids to experience the behavior you describe yet I can tell you it happens.  Not all the time but often enough.  We've come a long way but we still haven't come far enough imo.[/quote]

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