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lame54

(35,290 posts)
Wed Apr 15, 2015, 11:45 AM Apr 2015

Trader Joe’s Employee Notices White Mom With 2 Black Kids… Does Something Shocking

http://conservativetribune.com/employee-helps-mom/

This is a great story but of course - since it's reported on a conservative sight - they use it as an excuse to point out that racism no longer exists.
They basically take credit for the actions of the caring people involved.



Trader Joe’s Employee Notices White Mom With 2 Black Kids… Does Something Shocking

All Lauren Casper wanted was to get her two unruly young children out of Trader Joe’s and get them home...

...“I just wanted you to have this bouquet,” the employee said to Casper. “I was adopted as a baby, and it has been a wonderful thing. We need more families like yours.”

Casper was apparently shocked by this turn of events.

“Hadn’t she seen what a disaster we were in the store?” she wrote. “Didn’t she see that we were barely able to keep it together? Didn’t she see what I felt were all my failures as a mom?”...
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Trader Joe’s Employee Notices White Mom With 2 Black Kids… Does Something Shocking (Original Post) lame54 Apr 2015 OP
Conservative Tribune? frazzled Apr 2015 #1
I guess it can't be just a nice story yeoman6987 Apr 2015 #2

frazzled

(18,402 posts)
1. Conservative Tribune?
Wed Apr 15, 2015, 11:57 AM
Apr 2015

More likely a veiled screed against abortion and for adoption, seasoned with a good dose of racism (since they probably believe only poor black women get abortions). Feh.

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