Today, I told my mom we get Monday off due to Martin Luther King Jr. day. She then insisted that I had to go to school because that is "only for black people." 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, MLK Jr. Day, I was told that since my other co workers are on vacation, I have to be at work Today. No one else is at work Today...or on any other holiday. Also I am the only black person at my office. The irony, FML
Today, my daughter actually asked me who Martin Luther king Jr was. This girl, this African American daughter of mine, with full access to the internet, who has completed a college education, doesn’t know who one of the most important black men in history is. I need to lie down. FML
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
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
Today, I became the town racist for saying "black" instead of "African-American". I'm black. FML
Today, I had to drag my grandmother out of a store because she went up to a black family and started apologizing for slavery. FML
Today, my mother called me a bad son for not telling her "Happy Mother's Day". When I told her Mother's Day wasn't until the 10th, she said that I would have forgotten anyway. FML
Today, my mom told me to do karate with her, and so I said no. Now my mom won't let me do anything until I go do karate with her. FML
Today, I had my first day off in six months. My mother immediately came down to my room and demanded that I clean the entire house. As I was cleaning, she said, "You don’t get to relax. Ever. Lazy ass." FML
Today, apparently, I can't have a bad day. After school, mom asked me if I'd had a good day. I told her no. Without asking, she went on a tirade about how unsociable I am and how poor my attitude is. I was harassed all day by my classmates because I don't wear expensive brand name clothes like they do. FML
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Charmillionaire 13
I'm assuming you got your dads brains?
PenguinBitch 44
With her logic, they should have a Ceasar Chavez day because I need a break.
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Comments (118)
DriAA7 17
Yes because having a day that segregates White and Black people is exactly what MLK would have wanted....
SexyQueen0905 24
Exactly what I was thinking, #46. That being said, using her logic, does that mean only white people had Presidents' Day off before Obama was elected?
jdbaby02 5
Racism at its best!
DriAA7 17
Not racism. At all.
dashizam 10
Dude, not having a bacon holiday does not mean that we aren't holiday friendly!
saksxalmo 20
Why did OP write "black people" in quotes like that?
TheDrifter 24
Because OP uses a different name for that ethnic group than her mother did?
thew_fml 14
because the OP was quoting hir mother....
minmo 1
Nvm
honestyslife 9
Your mother is ignorant
nabesh 5
Your mom is racist.
interesting33 37
It doesn't sound like she is racist - just not sure on how this day works.
Suirin 4
There was nothing racist about op's mom said.
AllieCat21 21
Not racist. Either ignorant, or stupid. Or both.
Enslaved 38
Tell her you plan on having some black in you that day and then show her a picture of your black boyfriend. :P Or tell her your principal is black and he's shutting the whole school down.
perdix 31
By that logic, you'll have to go to school on Labor Day because that's only for people who work. And President's Day, because you're not a president. You might not get Good Friday off if you are not a good kid, and you have to show up for school on Thanksgiving if you are an ingrate.
vbmg152 19
Great answer! :-)
alphabetsoup25 4
Why did you put "black people" in quotes?
perdix 31
#62, because that is exactly what the mother said, and you can infer that the OP doesn't use that term. Perhaps, she prefers "African Americans."
RedPillSucks 33
Or her mom used the N word.