Today, it only took my dad 10 minutes after I'd arrived at my parents' house for him to say that the actor scheduled to be the new Doctor Who couldn't be Doctor Who because "He's black!" I did try pointing out that Doctor Who is an alien with two hearts but… I gave up after that. Merry Christmas, yeah. FML
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Fall
Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
Today, I had to slowly explain to my mother that Americans are not the only people who celebrate Christmas. FML
Today, I had to explain to my grandmother why, "What a nice singing voice! He doesn't sound black at all!" is not a compliment. FML
Today, I watched "Time of the Doctor" and I'm pretty sure my love of Doctor Who slithered out through my ear and shamefully lodged itself in the darkest corner of the room, crying. FML
Today, I took my 5-year old daughter to get a photo taken with Santa, when she asked the dreaded question of why this Santa looked different from one at the other store. Before I could placate her, some cunt of a kid yelled, "Because he's not real, dumbass!" FML
Today, as part of my grandad's great struggle to return to the 1960's, he tried to refuse a lifesaving blood transfusion until the nurse could confirm the blood hadn't been donated by anyone who was black, brown, chinese or asian, and so on. My dad is black and I'm half black, so I suspect he doesn't like me either. FML
Today, I thought my mom and I could put aside our differences and open our Christmas presents. When she opened mine, she turned to my dad and said she didn't want the present, so I could give it to someone else. 'Tis the season. FML
Today, I went to my dad's house for Christmas. Soon enough, my grandma had commented on how much weight I've gained, my aunt asked me why I'm still single, and my dad joined in by reminding me that I still haven't been accepted into college. Only three more days to go. FML
Today, I introduced my dad, who is a surgeon, to the TV show 'House, M.D.' I thought it'd be a good bonding experience. How wrong I was. He spent the whole time yelling about the "insane" medical inaccuracies, then lectured me about my crappy taste in TV. FML
Today, while my boyfriend and I were talking with his sister-in-law about a TV show, his 6-year-old nephew walked up just in time to hear how Santa killed the protagonist's parents. I've never seen such a heartbroken face in my life, and now he won't stop asking if Santa kills people. FML
Today, because no one else was willing to, I had to explain to my uncle that he's white, that I'm not his grandfather, and that he's mentally challenged. FML
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Thaylok 17
As an American Whovoan, I say Who gives a crap. After Patrick Troughton (my least favorite) they could and pretty much did have anybody. I'd love to see young Cameron Chapman as the next Doctor. But I don't get a vote there. Basically, you can't make everyone happy and the choice here was for an actor (a good one imho), but an actor nonetheless. It's all ..... a.... tv...TV.... show.
TomeDr 25
Did he have a conniption when there was a female doctor?
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Thaylok 17
As an American Whovoan, I say Who gives a crap. After Patrick Troughton (my least favorite) they could and pretty much did have anybody. I'd love to see young Cameron Chapman as the next Doctor. But I don't get a vote there. Basically, you can't make everyone happy and the choice here was for an actor (a good one imho), but an actor nonetheless. It's all ..... a.... tv...TV.... show.
MidnaLink 35
So a woman can play a previous doctor, but not a black man? Yeah, your dad's got some ****** up deep-seated racism to deal with if he's getting this pissy over a fictional alien.
Billsonhamsen 17
I don't think that this FML is long enough for her to say whether or not her dad had a problem with the female doctor who. You're making a wild assumption to come to a racist conclusion. He probably did have a problem with the female doctor who.
TomeDr 25
Did he have a conniption when there was a female doctor?
BurnInDemonFire 39
Dude, Ncuti Gatwa has hit it out of the park as 15. And the Doctor still dances!