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27. I wouldn't doubt it at all. When you don't like yourself you will do ANYTHING to destroy yourself

Reply to JustAnotherGen (Reply #17)

Sun Jun 12, 2016, 08:39 PM

Jun 2016

because you don't think you deserve any better.

She has clearly been terribly damaged by this country's white supremacist system and has allowed that to affect how she views herself. It's really hard not to.

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Good essay, Huff Post: "My husband's unconscious racism almost destroyed our marriage" [View all] pnwmom Jun 2016 OP

Beautiful essay... MrScorpio Jun 2016 #1

Thank you for the warning Pluvious Jun 2016 #9

I can't with this girl/woman JustAnotherGen Jun 2016 #2

As she explained, she'd been caring for a dying parent for ten years and he had just pnwmom Jun 2016 #3

I read that piece JustAnotherGen Jun 2016 #4

Also PatSeg Jun 2016 #8

Politics is politics JustAnotherGen Jun 2016 #11

40+ years! PatSeg Jun 2016 #12

I laughed! JustAnotherGen Jun 2016 #15

Sounds like he's a keeper! PatSeg Jun 2016 #18

He is JustAnotherGen Jun 2016 #24

Oh definitely PatSeg Jun 2016 #25

Not defending her, really, but she sounds both immature and insecure, wildeyed Jun 2016 #7

Thanks JustAnotherGen Jun 2016 #10

It seems to me that she and her husband are on a path, pnwmom Jun 2016 #14

Because for me JustAnotherGen Jun 2016 #16

I applaud them, too. Kind of Blue Jun 2016 #28

I read the piece and ... 1StrongBlackMan Jun 2016 #19

Interesting. I thought she implied that she dated them despite their being white, pnwmom Jun 2016 #20

What I got from that is that she is a confused woman ... 1StrongBlackMan Jun 2016 #22

I didn't want to write it JustAnotherGen Jun 2016 #21

I suspect you are correct about her norm ... 1StrongBlackMan Jun 2016 #23

That is a very powerful essay. brer cat Jun 2016 #5

It kind of works as a metaphor for societal relations. aikoaiko Jun 2016 #6

A remarkable essay. Thanks for posting. As someone who has never, ever been "ashamed" of my Number23 Jun 2016 #13

Do you think her "shame" JustAnotherGen Jun 2016 #17

I wouldn't doubt it at all. When you don't like yourself you will do ANYTHING to destroy yourself Number23 Jun 2016 #27

Excellent! snot Jun 2016 #26