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Family coming over for Easter and my wife and me must go to two grocery stores to get specific items for her recipes. In front of Kroger, a woman is shopping from her car blocking traffic stopping and looking from her car at the plants. I am right behind her and other cars are honking that are behind me and she doesn't respond. The parking lot is packed and I am behind her. Finally, I honk at her but it is a quick short honk and she looks at me and turns into the lot and parks. Well, this woman must have watched me park, I am driving my BMW 650 and don't even notice her. Inside Kroger, she approaches us and starts saying something to me. Since I am with my wife, I just say mind your own business and we keep walking. She then tells me to enjoy my white privilege? I grew up Appalachian poor and am self made. I replied to her, "I am glad you noticed my privilege and that you know your position you fucking bitch" and walked away.
The wife, well, I am in the dog house. She is passive and feels the best way is to always walk away and anything else is wasted energy. She was embarrassed and said, "great, in our own community, your a real adult". I told her that I can't allow people like that get away with saying shit like that and get a free pass. I am so tired of hearing that privilege shit and that that type of thought continues to grow because nobody talks those people down. I sympathize for others for our history, but I don't see any plantations in our country anymore and my family didn't have one. People these days are in their situation because of their choices, not because of the choices made to their ancestors a 100 years ago.
To me, it is worth the dog house. Am I wrong?
LowT
The wife, well, I am in the dog house. She is passive and feels the best way is to always walk away and anything else is wasted energy. She was embarrassed and said, "great, in our own community, your a real adult". I told her that I can't allow people like that get away with saying shit like that and get a free pass. I am so tired of hearing that privilege shit and that that type of thought continues to grow because nobody talks those people down. I sympathize for others for our history, but I don't see any plantations in our country anymore and my family didn't have one. People these days are in their situation because of their choices, not because of the choices made to their ancestors a 100 years ago.
To me, it is worth the dog house. Am I wrong?
LowT