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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: GuavaCheesePuff

Just don’t have it in me anymore to sit at a table with stupid libs. Would rather take a hike at the beach, watch a game in peace and drink beer and eat chicken or oysters.


41 posted on 11/20/2018 11:46:40 AM PST by jetson
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To: outofsalt

Where’s the rim shot?


42 posted on 11/20/2018 11:47:53 AM PST by Reily
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To: oh8eleven


"YEAH!"
43 posted on 11/20/2018 11:47:54 AM PST by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: GuavaCheesePuff

We won’t discuss racism, we will talk abut family and traditions and enjoy a great meal. On a scale of 0-10 racism ranks -10 on our agenda.

Pretty sure the great economy will come up after 8 years of Obama recession. Now that’s something to give thanks to.


44 posted on 11/20/2018 11:48:00 AM PST by 1Old Pro
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To: SkyDancer

45 posted on 11/20/2018 11:48:50 AM PST by treetopsandroofs
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To: GuavaCheesePuff

Democrats segregate everyone into their respective races.

Racists!


46 posted on 11/20/2018 11:49:03 AM PST by Uncle Miltie (XY)
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To: GuavaCheesePuff
Real easy, racism as a problem is a construct of the Left to try and manipulate you into buying a different brand of oppression called Socialism which is actually nothing more than chosen Communism and it leads to death for millions.
The Left WANTS racism so that it can spread.
The democrat party is the modern equivalent of the Russian Social Democratic Party which became the Communist Party after the revolution in October 1917 now, shut up and eat yer turkey.
47 posted on 11/20/2018 11:49:51 AM PST by right way right (May we remain sober over mere men, for God really is our only true hope.,)
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To: GuavaCheesePuff

Good grief. I’m thankful this Thanksgiving that she’s not part of my family.


48 posted on 11/20/2018 11:50:34 AM PST by trisham (Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
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To: GuavaCheesePuff

“Dammit, Jack! Asians are more racist than Hispanics and you know it!”

“Paul, sit down, son! Jack already said that Asians are up there with whites on the list! He was only talking about transgender Asians!”

“I don’t think we are racist at all, dad.”

“Shut up, Mary Lou, all white people are so racist we don’t even know we are racist!”

“Honey, that is not true. If you are well informed, you learn how racist we are!”

“Bwack pepo can’t be wasist, wight, daddy?”

“Look, I know you’re my brother but we will have to disagree, Paul. Latinos are more racist than Asians!”

“I don’t know why I even come to these holidays any more! You all are such idiots!’

49 posted on 11/20/2018 11:50:37 AM PST by Yaelle
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To: outofsalt

LOL!!!


50 posted on 11/20/2018 11:50:54 AM PST by Vendome (I've Gotta Be Me https://youtu.be/wH-pk2vZGw2M)
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To: GuavaCheesePuff

F off. I’ll raise my family as I see fit.


51 posted on 11/20/2018 11:51:30 AM PST by TangledUpInBlue
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To: Yaelle

LOL!


52 posted on 11/20/2018 11:52:18 AM PST by trisham (Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
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To: Vendome

53 posted on 11/20/2018 11:53:03 AM PST by Covenantor (Men are ruled...by liars who refuse them news, and by fools who cannot govern. " Chesterton)
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To: GuavaCheesePuff

She lost me in the first paragraph when she held up Angela Davis as a shining example to learn from.


54 posted on 11/20/2018 11:53:24 AM PST by Pearls Before Swine ("It's always a party when you're eating the seed corn.")
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To: GuavaCheesePuff

“I just want to know how this race conversation ends.

Does it end in violence?”


Well, Grampa Joe stabbed cousin Ricky in the neck with a carving knife... So Rickys wife, Thelma Lou dumped hot gravy over Grampa Joe’s head...

Then Grandma Helene jumped in and went after Thelma Lou with the electric carver... ran with it til the cord ran out, fell and broke her hip...

All because some democrat reporter said to talk politics at Thanksgiving this year instead of talking about our personal lives and NORMAL things as we always had...


55 posted on 11/20/2018 11:54:13 AM PST by joethedrummer
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To: Jim Robinson

I’ve been the only white person at a family holiday table and no, once they got over me, they did not contain themselves so as not to utter one potentially offensive slur against whites. Verbal gymnastics not to offend is a white thing.


56 posted on 11/20/2018 11:55:55 AM PST by Yaelle
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To: GuavaCheesePuff

I got thrown out of a sub job at a school.because I encouraged black students towork hard. I learned the hard way a Quaker exhumed and years of black studies mean nothing from now on I will never try to friendly to a boy student Gain I am white I am a racist!


57 posted on 11/20/2018 11:56:03 AM PST by 2nd Amendment
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To: GuavaCheesePuff

FOAD Commie and GTFO of our Thanksgiving! The only good Commie is six feet under.


58 posted on 11/20/2018 11:58:01 AM PST by shanover (...To disarm the people is the best and most effectual way to enslave them.-S.Adams)
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To: oh8eleven

Rachel Cargle makes Debbie Downer sound like the life of the party.

Wasn’t there a similar guide for provocative Thanksgiving conversation in huffingtonpost.com or something? Even liberals condemned it IIRC.


59 posted on 11/20/2018 11:59:03 AM PST by elcid1970 (My gun safe is saying, "Room for one more, honey!")
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To: GuavaCheesePuff

How to Talk to Your Family About Racism on Thanksgiving

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ME: I’ll have the White Meat, please.

MOM: You racist.


60 posted on 11/20/2018 11:59:19 AM PST by Responsibility2nd
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