This guy's blatantly racist mother allegedly had a problem with Dr. Suess forty years ago, and The Atlantic thinks that adds a level of respectability to the idiocy.
His attempt at justification is weak, and his story is probably made up.
She informed me that our childhood was part of an experiment she had envisioned before we were even born. “A Black person’s humanity can never be fully realized in the presence of whiteness,” she explained.
If that line is true, his mother had mental illness.
If his mother really thought it was harmful to be around whites, she could have moved the family to some country in Africa where they would rarely if ever see a white person. The author of this piece would undoubtedly be a happier person today if that had happened.
A lot of people “see” what they WANT to see.
My folks had problems but st least they weren’t hardcore political zealots. They were not hardcore liberals. Thank Christ for that.
The writer of this article is trying to pull a “markle”.
This is just dumb, dumb, dumb.
If I were black I would slap this dudes face.
Lord.
Mentally Ill? No. Racist, yes. Sadly, this is the mindset of a vast majority of Blacks in America today. 60 plus years of indoctrination into the Cult of Victimhood by White Liberals and Race hustlers, makes one angry.
Isn’t the Atlantic the go to for once conservatives now liberals like David Frum?
His mother is a pretty clear example of genocidal racism. I’m sure his entire family is pretty fowled up.
His mother was Atticus Finch? Too bad the son turned out to be a soy boy douchebag.
Wasn’t Green Eggs and Ham a story to teach kids to be open about trying new things?
I guess openness and tolerance are now racist qualities.
The way the left is going, there will not be a single positive human character trait that is not racist.
And this guy is obviously making up a false story to fit the current narrative. Forty years ago, anyone who wanted to teach their kids to be literate read to them from Dr. Seuss. Perhaps this guy’s mother did not want him to be educated, because being educated is “acting white”?
More than one.
BS
Jews who didn’t want to live in a non-Jewish society founded Israel as a sanctuary. My great uncle who came from a mountain village in Austria felt that urban USA was hopelessly corrupt, and returned to live out his years in his original town.
I’m not being flippant - if she feels this way, why not take entire family to Ghana or Nigeria and raise them there?
The author is the product of a racist mother & is a racist herself!
Michael, sounds like your mom was a real pain in the ass, bless her heart
Mom sounds like a Joanne Chesimard wannabe in this sad tale from the disastrous ‘70s.
My Mom and Dad tried their best to keep me open minded, but real life in public school probably closed it a bit.
did anyone read little brown cocoa book? it was my favorite and didn’t turn me against blacks. anyone see Amos and Andy? on tv and on radio before tv.. my little Margiez?
Was she so committed to avoiding stereotypes of black people that she got married before she started a family?
I agree.
Racist family.