Many years ago in high school, I got stranded after tennis practice. A super friendly Indian teammate offered me a ride home but mentioned, “just a heads up our car smells like dog.”
Coming from a sheltered and pretty racist household, I cluelessly replied, “It’s okay! I don’t mind the smell of Indian food!”
He gave me a look of quiet disappointment and said, “I meant our dog. She sheds a lot.”
The ride home was painfully silent. I still cringe thinking about it.
Oof, coming from a family who also was casually racist like that I completely feel you. I don’t have any off the top of my head, but I know I let slip racist things I didn’t think anything about until I got reactions due to my ignorant parents
Many years ago in high school, I got stranded after tennis practice. A super friendly Indian teammate offered me a ride home but mentioned, “just a heads up our car smells like dog.”
Coming from a sheltered and pretty racist household, I cluelessly replied, “It’s okay! I don’t mind the smell of Indian food!”
He gave me a look of quiet disappointment and said, “I meant our dog. She sheds a lot.”
The ride home was painfully silent. I still cringe thinking about it.
Oof, coming from a family who also was casually racist like that I completely feel you. I don’t have any off the top of my head, but I know I let slip racist things I didn’t think anything about until I got reactions due to my ignorant parents