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How Can I Make My Partners Parents More Woke? (NYT advice column)
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Date: July 22nd, 2018 6:18 PM Author: bull headed library My partner’s parents recently visited us in the relatively diverse area of the Northeast where I was raised and work. I am a first-generation Filipino-American. My partner’s parents grew up in the white suburbia of the Midwest. During their visit, they casually dropped some microaggressions. His mother said that she “could tell Filipinos apart” from other Asians (though she can’t tell Chinese, Japanese and Koreans apart). I told her that not even I could tell them apart given the diverse phenotypes in the region. His father later confused my sister with another Filipina, and then explained that if you put all of us in a room my sister looked most related to her. I spent time unpacking these and many similar statements (which were offensive not just to me but also to other minority populations) with my partner, who was very understanding and embarrassed. He explained to his mother why such remarks from the dominant culture come off as offensive. She was defensive at first, asserting she is “not a racist,” but eventually understood.
I feel it’s important to continue this conversation to help them identify microaggressions. Should he talk to them? To what extent should I be involved and responsible? Name Withheld |
Date: July 22nd, 2018 6:23 PM Author: mauve whorehouse old irish cottage too far (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4032437&forum_id=2#36476724) |
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Date: July 22nd, 2018 6:25 PM Author: bull headed library https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/17/magazine/how-can-i-make-my-partners-parents-more-woke.html (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4032437&forum_id=2#36476735) |
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Date: July 22nd, 2018 6:27 PM Author: translucent appetizing hell Everyone can tell Filipinos apart from other Asians wtf (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4032437&forum_id=2#36476745) |
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Date: July 22nd, 2018 6:28 PM Author: electric pocket flask patrolman strong post-moniker synergy. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4032437&forum_id=2#36476749) |
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Date: July 22nd, 2018 6:58 PM Author: Pea-brained gas station (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4032437&forum_id=2#36476901) |
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Date: July 22nd, 2018 6:30 PM Author: Sepia Diverse Resort Filipino
Japanese
https://www.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/n-abeterror-a-20150203.jpg
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Date: July 22nd, 2018 6:35 PM Author: electric pocket flask patrolman filipo = mud skin, extra wide nose
jap - yellow skin, simply flat nose.
easy to tell them apart. |
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Date: July 22nd, 2018 6:37 PM Author: bull headed library Get off this board you insane pedophile. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4032437&forum_id=2#36476782) |
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Date: July 22nd, 2018 6:42 PM Author: electric pocket flask patrolman dude, just leave me alone. stop following me around you weirdo. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4032437&forum_id=2#36476815) |
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Date: July 22nd, 2018 6:43 PM Author: bull headed library You’re a confirmed pedo and need to stop posting here. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4032437&forum_id=2#36476820) |
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Date: July 22nd, 2018 6:44 PM Author: electric pocket flask patrolman make me stop, faggot. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4032437&forum_id=2#36476827) |
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Date: July 22nd, 2018 6:51 PM Author: bull headed library Sure. Let’s meet up and talk. Where? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4032437&forum_id=2#36476854) |
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Date: July 22nd, 2018 6:52 PM Author: electric pocket flask patrolman ill just shoot you in the face, faggot. end of discussion. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4032437&forum_id=2#36476861) |
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Date: July 22nd, 2018 6:54 PM Author: bull headed library Lmao. You’ve been never touched a firearm in your life, you sickly pedo. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4032437&forum_id=2#36476875) |
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Date: July 22nd, 2018 9:14 PM Author: Medicated mad cow disease (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4032437&forum_id=2#36477650) |
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Date: July 22nd, 2018 6:44 PM Author: overrated doctorate immigrant wait, I thought NOT being able to tell different kinds of asians apart was racist (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4032437&forum_id=2#36476830) |
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Date: July 22nd, 2018 6:51 PM Author: unholy abnormal senate That's what's so insane about this (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4032437&forum_id=2#36476851) |
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Date: July 22nd, 2018 6:52 PM Author: bull headed library (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4032437&forum_id=2#36476857) |