Today, my son brought home his Muslim girlfriend and I had to watch my husband almost physically restraining himself from making a racist comment, especially since she was wearing a headscarf. No, I was not aware he was this much of a racist when I married him. FML
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Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
Today, none of us had any idea that our grandfather was a huge racist until I brought my new girlfriend over to a family gathering, and he started yelling because she's Indian, some of the most disgusting racial slurs I’ve ever heard. We left when it looked like he might actually hit her. FML
Today, my Syrian-American fiancée is reconsidering the engagement and returned the ring, all because my mother decided last night was the perfect night to get drunk during dinner, and blurt out racist Muslim jokes and phrases. She refuses to apologize or acknowledge that she did anything wrong. FML
Today, I had no idea my mom was low key racist until I told her I was dating a black woman, and she told me that was fine, just as long as I didn’t do something silly like fall in love with her or let her distract me from finding a proper wife. Wow mom, just wow. FML
Today, I met my son's girlfriend and I’m convinced he’s lost his damn mind. She was rude, racist and offensive, grossly obese, absolutely stank of unwashed body odour, her clothes were filthy, and she dropped cigarette ash everywhere she felt like it. I’m stunned, completely stunned. FML
Today, I discovered the terrible things my parents say about my wife while visiting them. They speak in Arabic around us and I've never really been able to understand them. Guess who hasn't only brushed up on his Arabic, but spent the last 6 months teaching his wife… FML
Today, my son said his first word. It was the N-word. We are white. I need to have a talk with my husband immediately. FML
Today, it's been a year since the man I loved for more than a decade moved in with me. I felt so lucky at the time, only to suddenly notice more and more that he's a huge racist. Against MY race. Bye bye decades of my wasted time. FML
Today, I introduced my kind and amazing Iranian boyfriend to my mother. When he went to use the rest room, she warned me to "knock it off with this Bin Laden fetish" or she'll have me put on psychiatric hold. FML
Today, I realized that over 20 years ago I married a man who could never mature, after we had a marital argument and he couldn't just have an one side, but rather decided to involve our 11 year-old old son, allowing him to repeat his words toward me, like "bitch", "whore", and "cunt." FML
Today, I had to explain racism to my son after some of his school friends were talking about it. Another parent then stormed up to us, pissed off because even though I was explaining how bad racism is, just talking about it is itself racist, and he was offended by me. He made my son cry. FML
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Top comments
Shzusuziq11 12
Ask your husband if he would make a comment to a woman wearing a Habit! They are both religious head wear!
Plop 17
Well, islamophobia does correlate quite a bit with racism, or at the very least racist tendencies. And sheer islamophobia is just as shitty as racism anyway, so the distinction, while somewhat meaningful, doesn't change anything.
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Shzusuziq11 12
Ask your husband if he would make a comment to a woman wearing a Habit! They are both religious head wear!
RichardPencil 32
Which racist comment? Was he trying not to sing: Yip, yip, yip, Yip, yip, yip, Yip, yip, yip, Boom, boom, boom, boom, boom Get hijab. ? That would've been racist, but a little bit funny.
xlees 6
You sound like an absolute racist asshole
wysegirl 24
Comment moderated for rule-breaking.
Is he racist or against the religion?
Plop 17
Well, islamophobia does correlate quite a bit with racism, or at the very least racist tendencies. And sheer islamophobia is just as shitty as racism anyway, so the distinction, while somewhat meaningful, doesn't change anything.
SupraJerv 3
well, no. the fact that people consider the two one in the same is really just a leftist media thing. religion should be made a farce anyway. picking in one isn't racist.
Brightside86 31
I really wouldn't assume that someone is thinking something racist. Often people make assumptions are projecting their own feelings/thoughts. Also Muslim culture is so inoffensive what would someone say to begin with?
BurnInDemonFire 39
You're overflowing with stupidity at the moment, aren't you? Do yourself a favor, and turn off the faucet.
mentalissues 12
Maybe you should divorce him...
Sonotsuave 37
Wow you guys are a bit stupid. the lady probably knows her husband well enough to know he was about to comment something inappropriate, whether racist or not. And it’s called islamophobic. No, just because someone wears a hijab or roosari doesn’t mean anything, and before you ask yes I would ******* know as my family’s muslim