Reply #15: Yep and as a little black girl growing up in LA

[Ecumenist]

in the 70's, I distinctly remember being ACCOSTED in parking lot with my mom by "brothers" from the Nation of Islam. Because we are obviously ethnically mixed, at least according to them, they were constantly questioning the reasons why were shopping at regular groceries, eating certain food, etc.. One time was particularly memorable. My mom and I was walking into the grocery, Ralph's, for those of you who're familiar.
This "gentleman", walked up to intercept my mother and I , complete with a suit and one of thoise stupid bowties. I don't remember what this imbecile saidto my mother but I remember that he actually starting haranguing mom about her name and her ancestry. Boy, Mom went medieval on his ass when he actually told her that her Irish grandfather was a rapist, (he and my greatgrandma, Melissa, were married for the better part of 57 years) and implied that she was a mutant of some sort. Never Mind that most, if not all Black people in the US, if they've been here at least 100 years, are mixed...
Anyway, he then took his life into his hands when he told her that although her maiden name was what is was, (it's a unusual german name), she had no idea who were father really was because somehow, her family had been stolen from her, as a result of Slavery. He then added his own noose when he tolld her that actual name was "Margie X". ( her first name was Margie.) She told him in rather colourful language that, "no, my daddy's name is XXXX and unless you have a reason not to reach your next birthday, get your ass out of my way before I put all my size * shoe in your rear end." He looked cowed and slunk away.

Oh yeah, they're a hate group extraordinaire