I can be really bad when it comes to lacking tact, I'm used to getting teased because of how I look mostly by complete strangers, so it's desensitived me maybe.
Can I just say I usually tease out of fondness for that person? (God I hope I don't sound like a sadist:areyoucra)
I can think of another situation with mum, when she came to the UK from Ghana she used to get picked on mostly by African Caribbean girls not white girls, they would tell her that she was lying about being from Africa in a hostile way because of her hair and such (this was something my mum...
I think people are confused by what we mean by privilege, yes a person of colour can discriminate against a white person or bully them for being white, yes a woman can discriminate against a male or bully them because they are male, that does not mean systematic privilege does not exist. Only...
I absolutely hate it when mixed race people THINK they are the best looking on the planet. My mum isn't black/white she is black/arab. Anyway I don't feel comfortable explaining what happened to my mum with you.
Yeah, my mum wasn't the only woman just the "type" that her boss targeted.
It sucks that you lost a job you love as well.
I'm lucky that no one could really get away with that where I work because we represent charity and have to uphold an ethical image, the money isn't nearly as good though...
My mum told me she was fired from a job once when she was 19, because her boss (a white guy) had a mixed raced fetish and my mum wouldn't allow him to feel her up.
Yeah, it also depends how tall you are as well, some tall people have to wear bigger sizes just so it fits their length. The size 14 looks more like a 10 or 12 to me.
You could just hide the beer for the sake of argument?
My family is anti-abortion, if I had an abortion, I wouldn't tell them. But I am very outspoken about being pro-choice, pro-gay, and questioning the good book in general, they know my views.