Miscellaneous: Today, my mother continued her lifelong habit of talking to anyone...

By notmuchfun - 20/07/2010 21:17 - United States

Today, my mother continued her lifelong habit of talking to anyone who isn't white in extremely slow, exaggerated "caveman" English. She insists that she isn't being racist, but rather is helping. FML

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By Anonymous - 28/03/2022 06:00 - United States - Verona

Today, my mother went on another long rant, detailing 20 years of bad things that we all already knew about a relative. The slightest recollection in a conversation never fails to turn into unending monologues. I can't change the past, nor the subject of conversation apparently. FML

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Controlling

By Anonymous - 19/03/2022 04:00

Today, I caught my mom in the back row of one of my lectures, so I confronted her. Apparently she’s been doing this all year to make sure I’m paying attention in class and not making friends with the "wrong sort of people" (yes, she's a racist as well). I can't wait to move out of her house. FML

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Me is what matters

By Anonymous - 15/08/2020 05:01

Today, my mother once again interrupted me and talked over me, as though I wasn't saying anything at all. Then she wondered why I remained quiet after she was done talking about her mother doing that. Must run in the family. FML

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You deserved it 110

By Anonymous - 15/02/2013 04:30 - United States

Today, I had to explain to my white girlfriend that dating me doesn't give her the right to call my mother the N-word. FML

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By Anonymous - 30/08/2013 00:48 - United Kingdom

Today, my mother yet again went on a long rant about how much of a loser I am as I have "never had boyfriend" and I'm 26. Truth is, I've been in the same relationship for over five years but it "doesn't count because he's black." FML

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By look how totally not racist I am! - 11/07/2014 03:32 - United States - Salida

Today, I was stuck on a campus tour with my subtly racist mother who, in an attempt to seem open-minded, deemed it appropriate to refer to our black tour guide as "Sistah". FML

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Ironic

By Anonymous - 27/03/2021 02:01

Today, I overheard my caucasian mother on the phone lamenting to a friend that her future grandchildren won’t “look American”. Any future grandchildren of hers would be half Lakota native. FML

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Hogwatch

By Anonymous - 19/02/2022 00:01

Today, I had to slowly and very seriously explain to my mother why there is no 'White History Month'. I can't believe we are actually related. FML

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You deserved it 290

Delulu

By Favorite - 13/11/2023 15:00 - Philippines - Makati City

Today, my mom scolded me for ruining my sister's "vacation" here. She just got deported from abroad, and was only gone for 2 months after falling for a marriage scam. Now she deludes to herself that she was born and raised there, and claims not to understand our mother tongue, calling it third world primate language. FML

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You deserved it 88

Knowledge

By Anonymous - 03/09/2021 02:01

Today, my mom hit me in the face after an argument she didn't win. According to her, Mexican and American are languages, and not dialects or nationalities. She even argued with my teachers, and threatened to remove me "from a school full of uneducated people" after they told her I was correct. FML

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Trupe 3

Wednesday 21 July 2010 1:23

Black guy no like racist mommy. Very offensive

gabbster95 0

Wednesday 21 July 2010 1:45

maybe you should start talking to her like a caveman and see how much she likes it....

Comments

MyLifeIsGreat_ha 0

Wednesday 21 July 2010 4:11

she is why don't nobody like white people no more...

AnonymousInLove7 0

Wednesday 21 July 2010 4:18

well there ARE some people that need that.. like you know, ***** or something. I swear they have no idea how to use their brain :P

Freshmeat05 0

Wednesday 21 July 2010 4:31

fylkman 0

Wednesday 21 July 2010 4:35

im bläck and if she did dat 2 me i would kick her daddys ass

sallen0046 4

Wednesday 21 July 2010 4:40

That's not racism, it's ignorance. She was taught to be this way, and has never had need to learn otherwise. While I don't agree with it, I myself have encountered more than one individual that chooses to up play their stereotypical role of uneducated non-white person, and until people stop doing that, people like your mother will always exist, believing them to be genuine. You are not your mother's keeper. If you're embarrassed of her, stop introducing her to people. At least you haven't chosen to pick up your mother's learned ignorance.

countrybaby1994 0

Wednesday 21 July 2010 4:44

sorry bout my last comment (171) it wa meabt for something else. lol

countrybaby1994 0

Wednesday 21 July 2010 4:47

@124 just cause your born in the US doesnt mean your american. it means you were born in a country other than your own! you are whatever race your two parents are.