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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My mom is also an old-fashioned not-a-racist. She thinks that hiring a person of color, having a polite conversation, or admitting that people of color can be hardworking and pleasant, all make her not-a-racist. Of course, she's the one who, as you heard about on a previous thread like this, said "[b]It's so nice to see a black man taking care of his children![/b]" Loudly. In a public enclosed space. As I dragged her away in mortification, she protested "What? I said it was NICE!"[/quote]

Confession: I have very little exposure to black people and thus, most of what I "know" comes from tv, and that one black girl who was my college roommate for 2 months back in '94. So I could see myself thinking/saying something like that. The majority of black people I see are 1. security guards standing outside Marshalls or Ross or outside the bank, 2, black guys unloading boxes of food in the supermarket, who, if I ask if they know where Wheat Thins or something are, won't make eye contact and mumble,or 3 the clump of black kids on the trains talking loudly to each other and cursing a ton.

So I'd be thrilled to be exposed to and have the opportunity to become friends with black people who are ... different from those people. [/quote]

http://www.reuters.com/article/2007/06/14/us-usa-fathers-idUSN0419185720070614[/quote]

No matter how many links and stats you can find, if you can't understand why saying a "nice" thing like that is offensive, then... Hey, you want to hang out with my mom when she comes to visit next week??[/quote]

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