minkydog
DIS Cast Member
- Joined
- Dec 8, 2004
We are visiting DHs sister in Florida. DH mentioned that we recently saw "The Butler" , how intense it was and how much we liked the message. His sister squirmed uncomfortably and said, "They shouldn't show stuff like that", referring to the depicitions of the terrible abuse the black people endured. "It only riles them up and makes them crazy."
To say I was stunned is an understatement. DH and I countered that we believe our young people NEED to see this. So many, black and white, do not know the truth of the civil rights struggle because they are so far removed from it.
His sister went on to say that she doesn't like to see interracial couples "because of the children." Seriously? Are you trapped in the 1950s??
I'm not going to have a throwdown here as guests in their home, so I let it drop. But I was really floored and offended by what she said. We have several close friends who are black and who had up close & personal experiences in Selma and Washington, DC. Our kids have friends and boy/girlfriends of many cultures. Our son Christian lives in a home with his lovely, wonderful African-American family.
I'm just shaking my head. It's really been a slap in the face to realize just how bigoted DHs family is. Now I remember why we live 400 miles away.
To say I was stunned is an understatement. DH and I countered that we believe our young people NEED to see this. So many, black and white, do not know the truth of the civil rights struggle because they are so far removed from it.
His sister went on to say that she doesn't like to see interracial couples "because of the children." Seriously? Are you trapped in the 1950s??
I'm not going to have a throwdown here as guests in their home, so I let it drop. But I was really floored and offended by what she said. We have several close friends who are black and who had up close & personal experiences in Selma and Washington, DC. Our kids have friends and boy/girlfriends of many cultures. Our son Christian lives in a home with his lovely, wonderful African-American family.
I'm just shaking my head. It's really been a slap in the face to realize just how bigoted DHs family is. Now I remember why we live 400 miles away.