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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm brown. I've had a white co-worker tell me they were heading off to the Virgin Islands and looking forward to getting a tan and coming back brown.

It was awkward for me, but went right over their head. If it was a close friend, I would have cracked a joke about it, but felt awkward from a co-worker.

I reflected on why that made me feel that way and other than the obvious color factor, I think it's harder in the workplace where there are already advantages to being white and then to have someone with those advantages joke about hoping to come back brown leaves a bad feeling that is hard to put into words.

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Jesus Christ.  Sometimes you need to ask yourself if you’re overthinking things and making life more complicated for yourself and others. For some white people who tan very deeply, they turn a color that they consider brown. That’s all they’re talking about. This isn’t a micro aggression. This isn’t some thing you need to perceive as a comment on our racial history. They’re just looking forward to getting a tan and having their skin go from light to a bit browner.  Can we just cut people some slack and not try to enjoy feeling slighted by the smallest things?[/quote]

Oh shut up.  You don’t know what it’s like being a POC and the comments we get about our skin color.  So shut your white privileged self up.  [/quote]

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