Wednesday, August 15, 2012

File Under... WTF?

We had a lovely day today. We attended a beach birthday party for a beautiful boy and his incredibly nice family. Enamored with the day, we decided to extended it by purchasing day passes to the beach's adjacent community pool. Before entering I had the kiddos wash the sand off themselves at the outdoor shower.

Meazi and Melese walked to the spigot that has several shower heads. Showering next to them was a young girl around four.

Upon seeing Meazi and Melese, said four-year old girl fled frantically from the shower shouting, "Momma! They're brown! Why are they brown?! Momma, are they sunburned?"

Really Westside Whitey McWhiterson family?  Really? This is the first person of color your four-year old has seen?

You need to get out more. You need to show your kid that not everybody is white.

WTF?

Meazi and Melese just gave me a look, your basic WTF look.

This is Los Angeles! I mean where do we have to go?

WTF?

14 comments:

  1. Whitey McWhiterson? AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! I am so stealing that!

    Yes, I know I'm a mom. But whenever I read your tales, I always think, "Best mom ever!"

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  2. WTF indeed. Seriously? Where do we need to move?! I thought for sure we'd be safe somewhere like Los Angeles...

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  3. We were camping this weekend outside of Minneapolis and a bunch of kids were sitting around the fire of the adjacent campground thinking up all the derogatory names for black people they could come up with. The kids were in like 3rd or 4th grade. I'm just glad my son is too naive to understand what they were saying. Oh, and their awesome moms heard everything and didn't stop them or punish them. Sweet.

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  4. Really? How is that even possible? I can only think of one place nearby that if you never left your house, you might see only or mostly white people...oh and one other place where I USED to live which is why I don't live there. THat sucks. Sorry.

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  5. Delurking to say I'm absolutely dumbfounded. We are a white family (no longer PAPs at this time), and we live in Valencia, which is not incredibly diverse compared to many areas of L.A.. And I'm about as much as a homebody as they come, but really? What rock has this family been hiding under?

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  6. Where the hell were you?? That is insane! What did her mother do/say? I'm astonished!

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  7. WHAT!!!!!!!!!!! I hope those parents were mortified.

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  8. Um....have the children never seen our President?! These parents must keep their children under a rock! Sheesh!

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  9. Beyond not leaving their house they must select their media very carefully. Not that I am advocating for TV but really - no Sesame Street? No Olympics? And what books do they read? A photo of the President when they were writing hate mail about him? Really? Nothing?

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  10. "Momma! They're beautiful. Why are they so beautiful?! Momma. She was just confused.:-)

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  11. Westside Whitey McWhiterson!!!!! That just about sums it up. Perfect.

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