Well this didn't take long...
You know that group I talked about the other day? Well, I left it.
I made a comment on another post today. I tried not to sound offensive or anything, just my sardonic self. And you know what? I got another response that said the same thing: You sound too white. Go unpack in the Cry Room.
Well, I'm over this bullshit. I'm not going to let myself be shamed for being myself. I refuse to make myself accountable to a bunch of holier-than-thou millennials who think they have the inside line on racism. These women don't have the same experiences I have in living and working with people of diverse backgrounds. They haven't gone through abusive relationships, severe depression, two pregnancies (with one ending in abortion), raising a child to adulthood and a bad marriage, yet they think they have the right to tell me I "sound too white"? Well duh, I am white. How the hell else am I supposed to sound?
I could have made a scene, tell everybody to go to hell, but I didn't. I just quietly went to the group page and selected the "leave group" option. Let those bitches figure it out for themselves.
No, this doesn't mean I'm going to stop working to create a better world for children regardless of race. I just don't need to align myself with holier-than-thous to do it or be shamed for being myself. That's how I can be real and do my best work.
Back to pagan topics and kitty pictures on Facebook for me. As Groucho Marx once said, "I wouldn't want to be part of any group that would have me for a member."