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hunter

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13. It reminds me of a job interview my wife had...

Reply to nashville_brook (Original post)

Thu Jul 19, 2012, 04:52 PM

Jul 2012

... bring your husband along, free lunch, we really want you here, etc...

The invitation was pretty.

We got there at ten. Not five minutes after welcoming us the HR person looks at my wife and says "We don't get many of your people here."

Things went rapidly downhill after that. We didn't even stick around for the free lunch, we canceled our motel reservation and hit the road.

If this place was trying to increase the cultural diversity of their staff they hadn't a clue. It was like traveling back in time to my grandparent's generation. My grandfather thought maybe it was okay to date Mexican women, but you didn't marry them. His views were progressive for his time too. To make lie of the cliche, he honestly had friends who were black, and gay, and Jewish, he'd speak highly of them, defend them, treat them no differently than his white friends, but he still couldn't see outside the box. They were still other.

I try to see everyone as us, as "we the people," as my brothers and sisters, but damn, sometimes these people, these wealthy white elitists, they don't make it easy...

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The last time "you people" was deployed in a presidential campaign: contempt and class and race [View all] nashville_brook Jul 2012 OP

Excellent OP... Spazito Jul 2012 #1

The French nykym Jul 2012 #2

hmm...is that why we're not supposed to like the French? nashville_brook Jul 2012 #4

We're supposed to hate them because they have too much freedom. Spitfire of ATJ Jul 2012 #44

Well said. wandy Jul 2012 #3

Ann Leona Helmsley Romney PuraVidaDreamin Jul 2012 #5

Marie Ann-toinette Romney nashville_brook Jul 2012 #8

Yup - let them eat cake. Initech Jul 2012 #39

I'm thinking more along the lines of MsPithy Jul 2012 #23

Thank you. chowder66 Jul 2012 #6

i wonder if we're so numb to this...or if the media is sympathetic to the elite nashville_brook Jul 2012 #7

It is being picked up on the cable network news chowder66 Jul 2012 #10

a smidge of noblesse oblige -- :) nashville_brook Jul 2012 #11

"Miss Ann" Romney Tanuki Jul 2012 #9

oh, spot on! nashville_brook Jul 2012 #12

It reminds me of a job interview my wife had... hunter Jul 2012 #13

good for you for not taking the job... nashville_brook Jul 2012 #15

The last time I was around someone who was gay Spitfire of ATJ Jul 2012 #45

Caption for the picture bongbong Jul 2012 #14

*snort* nashville_brook Jul 2012 #30

When she said "you people," didn't she mean the press? (n/t) thesquanderer Jul 2012 #16

the answer is no - but, i bet that's how FOX is spinning it. nashville_brook Jul 2012 #18

Of course not. She would have known that it is the people, the voters, who would treestar Jul 2012 #26

I didn't say reporters would keep it secret. thesquanderer Jul 2012 #31

Why would reporters want them if not to give the information to the public? treestar Jul 2012 #35

Correct thesquanderer Jul 2012 #38

The dog whistle seems to be "You people" is the "Librul Media" Spitfire of ATJ Jul 2012 #46

can be seen as de facto admission of dirt in the tax returns nashville_brook Jul 2012 #55

+1 nashville_brook Jul 2012 #57

actually, I think it's even more benign thesquanderer Jul 2012 #40

actually, the whole phrase makes it even worse: "we've given you all you need..." nashville_brook Jul 2012 #41

This photo is scary The Blue Flower Jul 2012 #17

that's what i thought too -- "voracious doll-eyed shark" nashville_brook Jul 2012 #19

made me think of nancy grace bbgrunt Jul 2012 #24

"You people" is offensive because it separates the speaker from those being spoken to with terms tha JDPriestly Jul 2012 #20

you make a very good point about assumed intimacy and servitude...they're "entitled" doncha know nashville_brook Jul 2012 #27

You People Should Retroactively Resign Yourselves to Kneel Before King Mitt bucolic_frolic Jul 2012 #21

elections are such pesky formalities for those with the Divine Right of Kings nashville_brook Jul 2012 #52

The only "us" and "them" I recognise is hifiguy Jul 2012 #22

they're very good at keeping us divided on cultural issues, when money is all that matters to them. nashville_brook Jul 2012 #28

Let them eat envy perdita9 Jul 2012 #25

they're using her cynically, hoping that the "no attacking wives" immunizes her from criticism nashville_brook Jul 2012 #54

Slur bpj62 Jul 2012 #29

definitely, it transcends race...it's class warfare nashville_brook Jul 2012 #32

+++ Well put. DirkGently Jul 2012 #50

Yes. This was perfectly emblematic DirkGently Jul 2012 #33

Divine Right of Kings: yesterday Mittens implied that his money was "God given" nashville_brook Jul 2012 #34

Or to bully a classmate. Or trip a daughter-in-law. Abuse a dog. DirkGently Jul 2012 #42

Ann(toinette) also said "there are so many things that will be open again for more attack�... nashville_brook Jul 2012 #43

Read: "We're above scrutiny. You people are not." DirkGently Jul 2012 #48

the elite's privacy must be respected...while they read our emails and listen to our cell calls. nashville_brook Jul 2012 #53

totally ugly, inside and out. fascisthunter Jul 2012 #36

What a superb OP. 99Forever Jul 2012 #37

Ann looks a little like Leona Helmsley in that pic. Brigid Jul 2012 #47

Great post, and I agree with you. stevedeshazer Jul 2012 #49

i bet she becomes pretty scarce in the near future nashville_brook Jul 2012 #56

i bet she loves firing people, too. nt tomp Jul 2012 #51