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In reply to the discussion: I can't believe how much my family has changed after being brainwashed by the GOP. [View all]WiffenPoof
(2,404 posts)I was speaking with my sister a few years back and she decided to tell a joke. She asked me why so many blacks died during Katrina. Her answer was that blacks don't know how to swim. She thought that she was being clever. I laid into her about how racist her joke was. She basically said that I was being too sensitive. I ended up cutting the conversation short by basically hanging up on her.
I called my 75 year old mother (a true liberal) and she basically agreed with my sister. According to her, I was just being too sensitive.
I was shocked. This is the woman who was the greatest enfluence in my life and the one responsible for my political point of view.
I lost my mom late last year. I'm still baffled by her take on my sister's "joke."
Paige