tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-421752855666391519.post1696967889742411317..comments2023-06-03T02:38:44.171-07:00Comments on WashingTina: As Simple As Black and White?WashingTinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17987548913994006257noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-421752855666391519.post-72885506635818390752011-04-27T01:21:24.362-07:002011-04-27T01:21:24.362-07:00I grew up in a mostly black area, so the majority ...I grew up in a mostly black area, so the majority of my childhood friends were black, too, and when I graduated and went to college, it was kind of odd... I got the same thing... "Do people look at you funny?" why? Do I have a third eye? <br /><br />But I'll never be mistaken for anything but white. lolStorm. Kat Storm.https://www.blogger.com/profile/06865973596168021775noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-421752855666391519.post-43571766037915180422011-04-25T17:45:42.868-07:002011-04-25T17:45:42.868-07:00I really liked this post... I'm not sure why, ...I really liked this post... I'm not sure why, but I do. <br />and ps... I get cat fancy magazine. I don't own a cat, I've never signed up for it, and I can't remember if I've ever even been to a pet store. <br />-KKissing and Other Disastershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00593173794164893945noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-421752855666391519.post-89117881850773132872011-04-24T17:49:36.975-07:002011-04-24T17:49:36.975-07:00Last summer Field & Stream started coming. Add...Last summer Field & Stream started coming. Addressed to me. Totally weird.<br /><br />I believe I am now part black because my kids are black. We're a hodge podge of race in my house! Except that since I can't go into the sun I am e whitest person you'll ever see. I'm nearly translucent!<br /><br />Love this post!<br />xo Susiesusie klinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06082880858882626496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-421752855666391519.post-46246823851745279832011-04-22T13:00:40.606-07:002011-04-22T13:00:40.606-07:00RE: Ebony, I recently started getting issues of Je...RE: Ebony, I recently started getting issues of Jet magazine addressed to me (I'm Asian). So random! I called up the publisher and apparently it was a promotional item with a purchase. Weird!Michelle at Hey Love Designshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08297930650623348085noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-421752855666391519.post-25169750147208696592011-04-22T11:07:59.761-07:002011-04-22T11:07:59.761-07:00Make 'em uncomfortable...a good strategy for d...Make 'em uncomfortable...a good strategy for dealing with the small-minded.WashingTinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17987548913994006257noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-421752855666391519.post-55841055891156542072011-04-22T10:57:53.036-07:002011-04-22T10:57:53.036-07:00my daddy - and we are all very, very white in my b...my daddy - and we are all very, very white in my bloodline - always had the greatest joke. i grew up in alabama in the 1980s, and occasionally you'd still run into someone with a pigheaded attitude about race. daddy would listen quietly, then he'd say with a straight face:<br /><br />you're only saying that because you think i'm white.<br /><br />inevitably, the racist would stop in his tracks. daddy continued:<br /><br />oh, don't feel too bad. it happens all the time. i'm used to it.<br /><br />and the racist, now embarrassed and/or confused, would mumble something and slip away. total. freaking. genius.magnoliahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06459330762697628839noreply@blogger.com