I guess it's because I'm white!

[cannabis_flower]

Today I was sitting at the McDonald's and this old white woman ( she mentioned that she was 80) sits down next to me.

I said hello and she was nice at first. I mentioned that there was another shooting and she said "Well, that's what happens when we start having all those people coming over."

I said "I don't think this has anything to do with people coming over. What are you trying to get at?"

She said "Well, did you hear about that Japanese guy that is running for president?"

I let into her. I said "First of all Andrew Yang is an American citizen. He was born here."

I also said "He's a Japanese-american" and then I thought about it and looked it up and he isn't even Japaneses, his parents were from Taiwan"

She said "Well, all I know is what he said in the interview. Did you see the interview?"

I asked her what channel it was on and she said Channel 26 - local FoxNews affiliate.

I said "Well, that's your first mistake, watching FoxNews. You're just an racist old lady."

At that she got up and said "It's great that we live in a country where be both can have our own opinions."

I said "Yes, you can have your own opinions but you don't get to have your own facts. What you said is just not true and you are just a racist old lady.

I guess it's because I'm a 60 year-old white lady that makes racists think that I will agree with them when they are being racists but they have another thing coming because I don't put up with people being racist in front of me.

[demigoddess]

1. a few points for you. I'm old white lady but I was raised in the military, all sorts of people.

all over the place. It teaches you that race is just something like hair color, it doesn't make someone less than. Sometimes they are actually more than due to having to go through so much. I could mention a few people that I say thank you to God for, almost every day.

[JI7]

2. i have heard this from a number of white people. where they just assume

but you did the right thing in calling it out for exactly what she was.

[TomSlick]

3. Good on you!

To sit quietly when racist statements are made is to condone those statements. Condoning racist statements is itself racist.

[oasis]

4. Nicely done.

[StarfishSaver]

5. Good for you!

Sometimes I wish I could be white for an hour or two so I could do what you did.