'This so-called post-racialism is a figment of our imagination.'

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7. Girl...

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I am so sorry you had to go through that. And people have the NERVE to wonder why so many black women seem to literally SEETHE with quiet rage lurking just beneath our surfaces.

then he wanted me to do a test in quickbooks, which i passed with flying colors. then he looks at my resume again...and looks at me, as if he could not reconcile my work experience with my black, female self.

Been there. Lord, I've been there so many times I could write a book. I swear, it wasn't until I ventured out from beyond the 50 states of our "great nation" that things got better for me in that regard. I have a girlfriend who is applying for a job in Dubai because she has had a literal GUTFULL of the crap that gets tossed around in the States. She has three kids too. I told her I understood and supported her 100%. Actually, it's more like 412%.

i not only have to deal with racism, but racist sexism also.

Yep. Sexist assholes still want a woman who "knows her place" and black women are perceived as being too uppity and feisty. This will not do for sexist assholes. Conversely, I know we've talked about this on AAIG so you know I've said this before but some of the most easily threatened, bigoted, racist people who have EVER made my life a living hell were white WOMEN. So much for sisterhood, eh? We get it coming AND damn going.