I’m not a sales assistant (Whiny rich black girl)

Salon.com ^ | Dec 10, 2014 | Stacey Patton

[Cecily]

I’m with you. I don’t believe a word of this “woe is me” tale.

[GeronL]

“Hi, can I help you” and “Welcome to _______” are job requirements in many places

[ladyjane]

Stacey - stuff it.

You’re pretty sure *your* ancestors were the only ones picking cotton? You’re pretty sure *your people* are the only one dealing with sales clerks in high end stores?

BTW *your* ancestors were probably slave owners. There were thousands of black slave owners in the south. Thousands in New Orleans alone. And there were many thousands more whites that did not own slaves and who picked cotton.

Did they teach you any real history at your fancy boarding school?

[Night Hides Not]

Sorry...no. I'm known for hanging out a lot at Lost Oak Winery in Burleson. It's my favorite place to chill out, even though it's about an hour's drive from Irving.

I get your point though. Lol

[wagglebee]

Bourgeoisie, maybe?

Perhaps, but if she is as well-educated as she wants us to think she should use the correct word. I'm really not interested in how her friends misspell or mispronounce words.

[Billthedrill]

Yep, but she is an interesting case, isn’t she? Here is a woman firmly ensconced in the upper middle class who seems desperate to retain both her class privileges and her identity as a member in good standing of the Oppressed based on the color of her skin. That’s a jangling bundle of cognitive dissonance going on there.

[A_Former_Democrat]

They represent of the kind of dudes you date, sweetheart?

Such grief . . . I bet it just overwhelms you

[Red Badger]

Yes, but the dour facial expressions are optional..................

[GeronL]

I don’t assume she dates dudes

[A CA Guy]

Sales people size upall customers to see what they can sell you. This black woman needs to quit obsessing about what her skin color means to others.

[Red Badger]

URBANIZATION OF:

bour·geoi·sie

noun
noun: bourgeoisie; plural noun: bourgeoisies

the middle class, typically with reference to its perceived materialistic values or conventional attitudes.
(in Marxist contexts) the capitalist class who own most of society’s wealth and means of production.

Origin
early 18th century: French, from bourgeois.

[wagglebee]

Here is a woman firmly ensconced in the upper middle class who seems desperate to retain both her class privileges and her identity as a member in good standing of the Oppressed based on the color of her skin. That’s a jangling bundle of cognitive dissonance going on there.

Well, I didn't actually read far enough to see her spell it out, but the few lines I did read gave me a pretty good idea of what was coming.

[GeronL]

micro-oppressed preppies

[A_Former_Democrat]

Self absorbed, angry and black is no way to go thru life dear

Oh BTW Im often mistaken for sales help. I just politely explain I’m not, and go about my business. If you get “offended” by that then you’ve got issues far beyond what you’re pontificating about

[wagglebee]

Yes, I know what the bourgeoisie is, I just wasn't sure what "boo-zhee" meant. For all I knew it was referring to booze and it's what they call someone who drinks Thunderbird in a glass rather than straight from the bottle.

[Red Badger]

Now you know..............

[a fool in paradise]

Non-Black people might look at the fluffy bolls and see something soft and pleasant. But we see endless fields of torture and misery. We are reminded of generations of backbreaking, soul-crushing unpaid labor

Carl "Blue Suede Shoes Perkins was living low rent picking cotton in the 20th century (as a young boy no less, child labor laws anyone?). This woman has no memories that predate that century.

She has read about others' experiences and claims them as her own.

[a fool in paradise]

Sure, we wear cotton, sit on it, sleep on it, and use it in everyday items just as everyone else does. But raw cotton is every bit as painful and offensive as those other visuals icons of white supremacy: the Confederate flag, burning crosses, KKK regalia, and lynched black bodies hanging from trees. It’s a form of the N-word that we can see and touch and smell.

Does she forgo chocolate and other products that are reputed to be the work of genuine slave labor in the modern day?

[a fool in paradise]

Understand, despite gentrification, Black folks were still in the neighborhood and many of us lamented the overnight influx of White people and all that came with it – high rents and food prices

Damn white people, come in here ruining the property values and blaring their music...

[WakeUpAndVote]

“My ancestors in Virginia had to pick that,” I said wearily. “I don’t want to see it in my face while I’m shopping.”

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My response, “What were their NAMES and how were you RELATED?”.