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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I agree with OP.  It was patronizing.  It was exactly like a "you're so articulate" compliment.  Why wouldn't she be?!?!  She's a professional.  Why wouldn't it be a professional presentation?  If she were white, I doubt it would've been the same compliment.  It's hard to be a minority because there are countless little insensitivities like this happening all the time, and the moment someone calls it out, everyone is telling you not to start something and saying you're too sensitive.[/quote]

Please do not pass your 'sensitivities" down to your children. Are you actually going to teach your children this... when white people say "X" it is wrong, what "those people" really mean is "Y".

I will not be teaching my children these things. They are in the past. YOU are creating the problem not fixing it. Work on fixing the problem. We wonder why there is still a race problem. [/quote]

It is very difficult to "create" a race problem. It has existed for centuries. I interview people for a living. I couldn't count the number of times I have heard a competent seeming AA interviewee called "articulate." I have Never heard a white candidate described in this way. It is quite grating.it is like there is no way for the interviewers to get used to the idea that AA candidates are great or suck like anyone else. They are always surprised by competent sounding AAs, no matter how often we encounter them. [/quote]

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