guest
Agoura Hills, United States
Today, I became the town racist for saying "black" instead of "African-American". I'm black. FML
Collection
Wild Nights Out
Last call, bad decisions and 3 a.m. texts you'll regret until noon. Cheers.
Same thing different taste
Razz
Lilydale, Australia
Today, I got fired, apparently for being racist to black people. When I told my boyfriend, he couldn't stop laughing. He's black. FML
Anonymous
Wokescolds gonna wokescold
Today, I was accused of digital blackface and culturally appropriating my own culture. FML
UFVKNP
Today, my coworker and I were swamped with coffee orders. I told him I would "take care of the blacks", and a customer who only heard that sentence screamed at me for several minutes about racism. FML
AngryBlackMan
United States
This is America
Today, I'm a gay, black man who moved to a racist, mainly white, homophobic town for work. I've already had the cops called on me twice, and a group of teens yelled the f-slur at me unprompted. When I asked my boss if I could swap, he threatened to fire me. This is gonna be a long 6 months. FML
Anonymous
St Louis, United States
Chill out
Today, I found out one of my "friends" is “scared” to talk to me because I’m black. FML
Walmart Associate
Today, I was accused of being a "racist whore" at work. I'd only asked a man if he needed help finding anything, as that is part of my job. FML
whiteycan'tgetitrightey
Norwich, United Kingdom
Today, I apologised to someone for my misuse of the word 'coloured' in a discussion about ethnic minority issues. They then got even more angry and said that to even quote the word in the context of an apology is evidence of my ignorance and inherent racism. FML
mustabeendrugs
Tucson, United States
Today, a customer called me "chink eyes", "dog eater", "bloody Chinese communist" and "ching chong." I'm black. FML
lordoftheweird
Canada
Accidental racist
Today, I was accused of racism for mentioning that an employee can't read. That would've been racist… if she could actually read. FML
No thanks
United States
Today, I was called a bitch and "freaky as hell" because I don't like watermelon. I'm sorry, but just because I'm black doesn't mean I like watermelon. FML
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Marcella1016 32
Where the hell do you live?? It's the same thing...
superjewguy 19
that's just stupid, if you are born here, YOU are not "African-American", you're american. you'd be considered american with african ancestry. people these days want to label everything.
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Fas4wd 13
Lol. You Americans are over PC.
vikky538 29
one time I was politically corrected to say "African american Friday" instead of "black Friday"...people are really ignorant to realize what racism means..
kingdomgirl94 29
Oh god I hate people. The stupidity... it hurts...
australiafml 8
Well you deserved it, because you don't even let us call you black without being called a racist, even though you call us white and no one says a thing.
Phoebe18 14
I don't know if it's just me but this comment seems fairly racist due to the fact that you're implying OP calls others racist when they call him/her black because he/she is black. Wouldn't that be racist in your part by assuming because OP is black that they accuse white people of being racist for using the word black to describe someone? I hope someone else understand what point I'm trying to make and I hope I'm not the only one thinking this comment seems racist. I probably didn't make much sense but in my little mind it does haha
rocker_chick23 27
#70, I have no idea where you're from, but I know many black people and they are fine with me calling them black. They have never screamed that I was being racist towards them. It's pointless to call them African American since their families are of Haitian and Jamaican decent.
australiafml 8
I hate having to always call black people "African American" even though they don't really come from Africa, only their ancestors do. It's like my great great great great great grandma came from Italy does that mean you call me "Italian American"?
anyoldnamewilldo 23
LOL....I don't think racist means what some people THINK it means. SMH It's going to get to the point where everyone will be so busy censoring themselves that they will just stop communicating all together.
australiafml 8
In Australia, all the other countries think we're somehow racist because 300 years ago some of our ancestors came here and started a colony. Which is the exact same as any other English speaking country which is unfair.
kingdomgirl94 29
Canada, America, and Australia share a very similar history in terms of colonisation because they're some of the last places that were colonised and kept that way. The way our ancestors treated the Aboriginal people until as recently as the 1980s was disgusting, and how many are still marginalised continues to be a major problem. Its not just Australia, so try not to worry too much. That being said, its important to keep these issues in mind and to examine what does need to be done.
drewigi 7
I have a black friend who refuses to say African American because his ancestors are from Jamaica
DanShowsNoMercy 13
No... You're brown, literally.
kingdomgirl94 29
Brown is usually used to refer to people from India and certain areas of the middle-east.
TheEggman431 3
You mean African-American haha
Kill4Katniss 4
It shouldn't even matter that you're black. We all need to get past societal norms and set racism aside.