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JustAnotherGen

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23. My dad totally chose my mom!

Reply to notadmblnd (Reply #22)

Wed Jun 17, 2015, 10:13 AM

Jun 2015

And that totally bit my grandmamma - on her ass.

Keep in mind - she as a bit lighter than me, with blue eyes and bone straight hair. I can't judge her though - she was born at the turn of the century and raised in Mississippi.

Her world was not an easy one to navigate. .

It's so much more than appearance - it's how we experience things.

Now - I'm married to a damn foreigner (husband is from Italy) - I've never worried about a child having issues with race . . . I've worried about crossing between the two worlds of Italian Hillbilly and Chi Chi Poo New Jersey.

There's a world of difference!

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I agree. bravenak Jun 2015 #1

I'm not even pissed JustAnotherGen Jun 2015 #2

Sigh. bravenak Jun 2015 #3

Are you talking about the OP in your link? notadmblnd Jun 2015 #6

My response to it JustAnotherGen Jun 2015 #9

I haven't chimmed in on this because my feelings are all over the place on it. notadmblnd Jun 2015 #19

So true JustAnotherGen Jun 2015 #20

I told my family not to make me choose because they would lose. notadmblnd Jun 2015 #22

My dad totally chose my mom! JustAnotherGen Jun 2015 #23

My husband and his family are as dark as the night. notadmblnd Jun 2015 #24

Was he from Calabria? The mountains? JustAnotherGen Jun 2015 #25

Sacile notadmblnd Jun 2015 #26

An interesting novel came out recently called LOVING DAY by Mat Johnson. enough Jun 2015 #4

Another one for you to read JustAnotherGen Jun 2015 #5

I have that book notadmblnd Jun 2015 #7

I really liked it JustAnotherGen Jun 2015 #8

Nothing wrong with silly. notadmblnd Jun 2015 #10

I can see how this incident and some posts about it would trigger KittyWampus Jun 2015 #11

Thanks - JustAnotherGen Jun 2015 #12

This stuff is trolling, IMHO. I replied on the thread at your link. n/t freshwest Jun 2015 #21

Recommended. H2O Man Jun 2015 #13

This whole situation is all-around unbelievable. LexVegas Jun 2015 #14

K&R Solly Mack Jun 2015 #15

I'm sorry I compared, I was wrong. Dont call me Shirley Jun 2015 #16

I've read a couple of replies that said gollygee Jun 2015 #17

you are right, completely heaven05 Jun 2015 #18