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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It's certainly not just a "slave thing." Plenty of parents do this, but it's more concentrated in the South.

I'd let him take the lead on this, [b]because with biracial (black) kids, he knows better than you how to raise them to be respectful in society[/b].[/quote]

Massive inner eyeroll. In moments like this I pray comments like this are from trolls. I don't even know what this means.- Black blood is innately more respectful? Black blood only learns from black blood? Craziness.

[b]I'm a northerner and I agree it's a little 'perpetuating oppression' for me to address parents in this way (slave master, etc)[/b].

It's fine for addressing others but in a family unit, we have no need for our multiracial kids to call us sir or ma'am.[/quote]

Another inner eyeroll.  I grew up in the South, and it's respectful, that's all, not oppressive.[/quote]

Serious question. Did white kids say it to black adults? Especially in the 60s and 70s? What about now? [/quote]

Now, do white kids say it to white and black adults?  To teachers or parents?  Yes, but probably not to random strangers.  In the 60s and 70s, I wasn't alive then so I couldn't tell you.  [/quote]

PP here.  My white niece says it to everyone older than her, regardless of race or familiarity.  As she's 8, that's almost everyone.  [/quote]

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