Today, I went out on a date with a girl. Everything was going well until I shared how my family was affected by the 2010 earthquake in Haiti. She immediately got up and left, calling me a liar. Apparently, I'm "too cute" to be of Haitian descent. What the hell? FML
Kn0wledge123 tells us more.
OP here. Yeah I did dodge a bullet. ******* moron, that one. I spoke to her the next day and it turns out that she only knew Haiti from the what she saw on CNN. I told her that's ******* stupid and there is no "certain" way to look like an ethnicity. She kept trying to find rationalizations like maybe I was mixed with French or something. Nope. I'm full on darkie. What makes this worse is that she's African American and lives in South Florida. So there's no way she hasn't interacted with Haitians before. I always hear from fellow Haitians that they get this a lot, but its the first time it actually happened to me. For the people asking, my mothers cousin passed in the earthquake and my dads family lost their home. My godsister also passed away. It was not an easy time at all. I'm not sure how the conversation came about with me & her but needless to say, there won't be a second date.
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golden_warrior 23
Ignorance...
SweetJTBR 22
Take it as a compliment, cutie. ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)
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Comments (164)
jonha21 11
She is lost...-.-
tj4234 36
I really don't get that level of ignorance. Not just that though, but although Haiti has at times had a bad press it is actually a really cool place. Historically it's amazing as well. If memory serves (and I'm a historian so if I get this wrong it would be embarrassing), Haiti was the first country in the world to have owned slaves and then free them (and keep them free until the present). And was a trendsetter in helping abolish the slave trade. Who wouldn't be proud to be from a place like that?
LyraAlluse 25
Apparently she is too dumb to be allowed to leave the house but for some reason people let her do it.
happy2468 21
At least she thinks you're cute?
Omniprism 15
What an idiot. Good riddance. Good luck in finding an equally hot but smart girl.
EverdreamOfMe 24
Think of it this way, now you won't discover the person you've been with for months or years is a idiotic racist.
clue_me_in 20
Can't believe in 2013 we still have people who think a person can't possibly be of a certain ethnicity because they are "too cute". You dodged a bullet OP, don't stress over it.
WhiteCrimson 23
Ok.... Odd and not really smart.
Isa_fml 20
Oohh, dumb AND racist. What a catch...
Kateymarie41 8
Well at least she thinks you're cute? Hah. Time to find better girls, bud.