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Twitter user Sara (@Pashandisara) shared a video on Twitter that showed an unknown White woman doing a bizarre dance and telling Sara and her friend to go back to where you came from after they picked berries off a tree.
Link to tweet
The woman said:
I dont like to see people wrecking it.
The girls responded:
Were not wrecking it. There are so many berries.
The Karen then begins mocking the girls and spastically dancing at them.
Picking berries while brown is now a deportable offense. Being born here doesn't make a brown person any less "from somewhere else".
I've been stealing jobs away from Americans my whole life despite being a born and raised American citizen so I've run out of fucks to give.
Demovictory9
(32,421 posts)Alex4Martinez
(2,192 posts)Well done!
MaryMagdaline
(6,851 posts)Stallion
(6,473 posts)SeattleVet
(5,477 posts)Note to Canada: We're sorry that we let this one slip through!
dalton99a
(81,392 posts)grumpyduck
(6,222 posts)njhoneybadger
(3,910 posts)not because they were eating berries.
Ilsa
(61,690 posts)Go ahead, eat the berries, but don't destroy the bush. Other people might want some berries, too, if the bush isn't destroyed.
She showed her true colors with her "go back to where you came from" comment.
Mariana
(14,854 posts)and it probably broke off accidentally when they tried to pull off berries. The woman's behavior was just bizarre.
JI7
(89,240 posts)nope, she was not upset about the berries or bush or tree or whatever the fuck.
Ms. Toad
(33,992 posts)even eating berries is prohibited in most public parks, let alone taking branches off the bush/tree.
That said, the proper course of action is nothing more than a gentle reminder, and letting the park ranger know so if they deem it imporant they can encourage people to . Not a racist rant.
And - the former would get you a gentle reminder from the ranger to makes sure no leave the park in the condition you found it for others to enjoy. The latter woudl get you escorted out of the park.
uponit7771
(90,301 posts)IronLionZion
(45,380 posts)SiliconValley_Dem
(1,656 posts)to go where she went in that conversation. I feel all of us are blowing minor spats out of proportion
JI7
(89,240 posts)not the berries or branch or trees or whatever the fuck.
uponit7771
(90,301 posts)spudspud
(511 posts)KY_EnviroGuy
(14,488 posts)Typical of today's so-called conservative.........
DSandra
(999 posts)How dare you take away the power that I am entitled to have as a European American!
IronLionZion
(45,380 posts)Woman immigrates to Canada and tells native born Canadians to leave
Manifestor_of_Light
(21,046 posts)DSandra
(999 posts)Because you are held to a different standard by others than white Americans.
KY_EnviroGuy
(14,488 posts)I believe most of us whites that are waking up to these realities are slowly bringing that fact more to the forefront of our minds and thereafter will become a part of the solution.
You are helping us to be more aware.
KY.........
IronLionZion
(45,380 posts)but it's getting a bright spotlight now because of phone cameras and social media. As it gets exposed and condemned, more white liberals would become woke and hopefully society will evolve. Slowly but surely, things are changing.
For me, it's mostly immigrants who are convinced that I must be an immigrant not a citizen since I'm not white. And people of all types are convinced that my name isn't real since brown people can't have "western sounding" Christian names.
DSandra
(999 posts)Causing me to lose money and morale till I stopped doing rides, since they deactivated me for a week once Ive had enough accusations.
My white partner has only had one false accusation (was revenge for an off the books ride deal gone wrong) and has done far more rides than me.
Quixote1818
(28,918 posts)bushes. They literally took like 1/1000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000 of what is just in that small area much less the entire park. This is the dumbest shit I have ever seen and the lady is a kooky, racist freak.
obamanut2012
(26,046 posts)ableist much?
Celerity
(43,107 posts)IronLionZion
(45,380 posts)it was a wild and wonderful dance
obamanut2012
(26,046 posts)WhiskeyGrinder
(22,307 posts)And I know it's from the site, but we can do better than "spastically."
IronLionZion
(45,380 posts)WhiskeyGrinder
(22,307 posts)H2O Man
(73,506 posts)dalton99a
(81,392 posts)MissMillie
(38,530 posts)Can you imagine having so little to worry about that you have the time and energy to scrutinize berry-pickers?