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In reply to the discussion: Eve Ensler on the passivity of men [View all]seabeyond
(110,159 posts)my mom there that knew many of the people. i try to be respectful to parents social environment and behave.
the hardest thing i did.
sittin in the audience the auctionaire had a black "caricature" figurine with white lips. k, not a favorite. get it thru and move on. but, he had a black man standing next to him, an assistant. in front of everyone he says... you might want to cover your ears on this one. if he had not been condescending, insensitive to the man, i would have stayed quiet. the man said, it is ok. but, you could see he was totally uncomfortable standing in front of an audience of whites, with a white being so condescending.
i said....
he may not have a problem with it, but i do.
i hated doing it. i hated calling more attention to the pure bigotry of the item with our history. but, i felt i had to stand with the man and not let it go any further.
i was ready for battle. the man backs down and says, we will just put this one away.
horrible feeling, scary. but, .... do we keep our mouth shut?