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
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Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
Today, I asked students to identify a woman that made a difference in history. I got several people answering Martin Luther King Jr. These are 9th graders. FML
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
Today, I got a phone call from my daughter’s school. Turns out, an African-American girl approached her and tried to play with her, but my daughter cut her off and said, "I don’t want to play with a black person." I have no idea where she learned this. FML
Today, my daughter is so out of touch with anything not related to her phone and her social popularity that she doesn't know who Hitler was. I had to show her on YouTube, and while we aren't religious anymore, we are a Jewish family so this is an extra level of parental shame for me. FML
Today, while at a restaurant, my three year old daughter pointed at an African-American girl and yelled out “She’s ugly because she’s black!” Me and my wife got dirty looks for the entire rest of our meal. We have no idea where she learned that. FML
Today, I think my daughter is the only person in the world who was born racist. The other day she said to me, “Girls with dark skin can’t be pretty.” FML
Today, I discovered that apparently my six-year-old daughter actually believes that the United States is the only country with advanced technology. 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, my four year-old daughter asked me what the word “necrophilia” means. I have no idea where she even heard that. FML
Today, our internet is down so I told my daughter to watch a DVD instead. She looked at me dead in the face and asked what a DVD was. To think I even remember VHS tapes. Damn I’m getting old. FML
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Anderling 33
So what did you do to teach her about this part of her history?
RichardPencil 32
Did she just not know the Junior part? And why did you never mention him to her? Why would you bet that college or the Internet was going to illuminate her instead of you? Did nobody ever wonder what MLK Day was?
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RichardPencil 32
Did she just not know the Junior part? And why did you never mention him to her? Why would you bet that college or the Internet was going to illuminate her instead of you? Did nobody ever wonder what MLK Day was?
Anderling 33
So what did you do to teach her about this part of her history?
missedhighfivemakessad 4
You are the weakest link….
bobsanction 18
If you paid for that college education you need to ask for a refund.
SJKatt 15
Is this not your fault, too? Sure, she missed the lesson(s) in school (some-*******-how) but did y'all never talk about MLK Jr at home? Never celebrated in your own lives?
wysegirl 24
Maybe she was just joking.. but then again school doesn't teach about history and about things that matter anymore.