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How to Talk to Your Family About Racism on Thanksgiving
Harper's Baazars ^ | November 19, 2018 | Rachel Cargle

Posted on 11/20/2018 11:33:12 AM PST by GuavaCheesePuff

Toxic ideologies often start around family dinner tables. It's not just an uncle saying a racist joke, or a grandmother determining her xenophobic ideas as “a part of her time.” These comments seep into how we make decisions in voting booths, how judges rule in their chambers, how teachers guide students in school classrooms, how employment decisions are made, and how police react in high-stakes situations.

After a year of relentless atrocities that don’t always make for easy conversation at the dinner table, it's important to make Thanksgiving preparations beyond the tablescape and the menu. This year, I want you to prepare for something a little more nuanced than stuffing or cranberry sauce: I want you to prepare to rock the family boat, with important discussions that stretch beyond the surface of “How's the weather?” and “Who are you dating these days?” So, I'm coming to you with a guide that should push you beyond apathy, and instead, teach you how to be a part of the solution. As Angela Davis reminds us, it is not enough to not be racist. You have to be anti-racist, and if you are not actively being part of the solution, then you are a part of the problem. So here is some language to help you navigate Thanksgiving day dinner.

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To: Responsibility2nd

https://ifunny.co/fun/ZBtEhbjF6


121 posted on 11/20/2018 1:30:47 PM PST by mountn man (The Pleasure You Get From Life, Is Equal To The Attitude You Put Into It)
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To: yuleeyahoo
Actually, in a free country, you don't have to be anything.

Beside, Angela Davis, who is a terrorist and a murderess, is not morally qualified, to tell others what they must think or do.

122 posted on 11/20/2018 1:31:50 PM PST by chesley (What is life but a long dialog with imbeciles? - Pierre Ryckmans)
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To: GuavaCheesePuff

We don’t discuss race....we discuss cultural differences..


123 posted on 11/20/2018 1:32:02 PM PST by caww
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To: GuavaCheesePuff

Using Angela Davis as the example of racist or Anti-racist is like asking OJ to open a string of women’s shelters.

too many here at FR are not old enough to know about Angela Davis.


124 posted on 11/20/2018 1:32:43 PM PST by ridesthemiles
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To: bgill
I’ve never understood why people make such a big deal out of cooking the holiday meal.
For my wife it's "family tradition." She has to cook foods that her grandmother cooked, plus those that her mother made.
And quantities of those foods make it even worse. One year we had 16 adults and 4 kids. Lots of cooking.
Never again.
125 posted on 11/20/2018 1:35:45 PM PST by oh8eleven (RVN '67-'68)
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To: Vendome

How about:

I didn’t own any cotton plantations.

My ancestors didn’t own any cotton plantations.

YOU didn’t ever pick any cotton.

Your immediate family didn’t pick any cotton.

Unlikely that ANY of your ancestors EVER picked cotton.

SO SHUT UP.


126 posted on 11/20/2018 1:36:09 PM PST by ridesthemiles
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To: Cecily

1-4 will inevitably lead to how Liberals ruined them.


127 posted on 11/20/2018 1:37:47 PM PST by qam1 (There's been a huge party. All plates and the bottles are empty, all that's left is the bill to pay)
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To: GuavaCheesePuff

Rachel will be ordering Chinese and eating by herself. But she’ll win every argument!


128 posted on 11/20/2018 1:42:45 PM PST by colorado tanker
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To: GuavaCheesePuff

Harper’s Bizarre?


129 posted on 11/20/2018 1:44:29 PM PST by Carriage Hill (A society grows great when old men plant trees, in whose shade they know they will never sit.)
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To: outofsalt

634-5789

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=My2apquxKKQ&list=PL6DF150BA813611D9


130 posted on 11/20/2018 1:49:31 PM PST by Carriage Hill (A society grows great when old men plant trees, in whose shade they know they will never sit.)
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To: GuavaCheesePuff
She ain't invited into our home for Thanksgiving dinner, so thanks but NO THANKS!

And if someone else at our Thanksgiving dinner started that crap at the dinner table, they would be asked to leave.

Thanksgiving is a time for family, not to fix this woman's racial hang-ups.

131 posted on 11/20/2018 1:56:28 PM PST by HotHunt
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To: DeathBeforeDishonor1

>We make the liberals in my family sit at the kiddie table.

Keep them AWAY from the children!


132 posted on 11/20/2018 1:57:25 PM PST by Do_Tar (To my NSA handler: Just kidding.)
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To: jetson

“Be polite, be professional, but have a plan to kill everybody you meet.” -Mattis

Okay, I’m ready for dinner.


133 posted on 11/20/2018 2:07:58 PM PST by Do_Tar (To my NSA handler: Just kidding.)
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To: GuavaCheesePuff

We’ve had THE talk.


134 posted on 11/20/2018 2:28:31 PM PST by ealgeone (SCRIPTURE DOES NOT CHANGE!)
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To: GuavaCheesePuff

How about not discussing race, politics, or sexual orientation at all on Thanksgiving?


135 posted on 11/20/2018 2:49:37 PM PST by metmom ( ...fixing our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith......)
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To: GuavaCheesePuff

There is a reason we don’t associate with lefties. They don’t even have a clue how to have a family gathering. The truth probably is being a large family of Trump supporting conservatives any lefties that were associating with us no longer do. We are all good with that.


136 posted on 11/20/2018 2:50:53 PM PST by Tammy8
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To: ridesthemiles

Mention not every flipping black person in America was a slave 600000 people died trying to free the rest


137 posted on 11/20/2018 3:51:06 PM PST by Vendome (I've Gotta Be Me https://youtu.be/wH-pk2vZGw2M)
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To: GuavaCheesePuff

Quoting Angela Davis is not a good way to “open dialogue” with anyone outside of the Black Panthers.


138 posted on 11/20/2018 6:30:01 PM PST by submarinerswife (Allahu FUBAR)
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To: Lurker

Cat lady.


139 posted on 11/20/2018 8:16:33 PM PST by moovova
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To: GuavaCheesePuff

Shows how single-minded-racist-obsessed they are...who in the hell considers how to discuss racism at any dinner table?


140 posted on 11/21/2018 2:40:11 AM PST by trebb (Those who don't donate anything tend to be empty gasbags...no-value-added types)
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