Need perspective: am I being raciest?
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Anonymous
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Need perspective:
So. I feel weird asking this. But, it's a situation I've never been in. I have an interview with an African American family on Friday. I've never worked for a family that's not Caucasian!!! I'm super nervous for some reason. Anyone else? |
Anonymous
| It might not be considered racism but you certainly are judging them, which is not okay. What are you so nervous about? They're people.... |
Anonymous
Where are you from, OP? |
Anonymous
New Hampshire |
Anonymous
| It's natural to be uncomfortable with situations that are foreign to you. If they haven't lived or worked with a Caucasian person before, they'd likely feel the same way. |
Anonymous
| It's okay to feel funny about a new experience. Didn't you get a funny feeling right before your first kiss? Be open minded. Find out if you will be expected to do hair. |
Anonymous
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Yeah, you sound racist. What is there to be afraid of? You do get that they are a family, like any other family, right?
I hope you're embarrassed by your post, OP. You should be, if it's a real post. |
Anonymous
No, I would never think that all families are the same. Part of why I love to travel so much is because people ARE different. And I happen to love experiencing different people. |
Anonymous
| 21:31 here. I am not OP, btw. |
Anonymous
| Good grief. Are you worried their money won't be green? They aren't going to eat you OP so chill out. |
Anonymous
| You aren't racist. You are just about to have a new experience and aren't sure what it will be like or if you will be comfortable or whatever. It's fine. I'm an African-American MB (rare, if the DCUM nanny forum is to be believed), and I would not want you to say or do anything different than you would at any other interview. Be yourself, and I am sure it will work out just fine. Good luck with your interview! |
Anonymous
| How do you know they're AA? |
Anonymous
This is BS. Its not a new experience. She's going on a nanny interview. Presumably with people who have kids. You're making this into a much bigger thing than it needs to be, OP, and maybe you aren't racist but I'm sure if you ask yourself why you're nervous it boils down to stereotyping. What is it that you're nervous about? You have a preconceived notion about black people in general, based on nothing more than stereotypes seeing as how you obviously have no experience with them. |
Anonymous
| Also, please ignore the person who told you to find out if you will be expected to do hair. I am 21:43, and if that was an interview question, I'd find it off-putting. IF doing hair is a job requirement, and IF it requires something separate and different that may be unfamiliar to you, expect that the family will all ready understand that you won't know what to do, and will give you instructions. Asking flat out at the initial interview would just kind of be disturbing to me. |
Anonymous
| Yeah, you'd have to pretty much never be exposed to media to avoid the stereotypes. Not too many people pull that off, black or white. |