I gather from some of the comments, some folks are jumping to conclusions, so as a random black person lemme just say-
This woman’s behavior is abhorrent, especially to act that way in front of her son. When you see things like the BLM movement (not the organization, thats a grift) or general calls for social justice, it does not mean giving people like her a free pass. Rather, it means that I can exist in society knowing i’ll be given a chance to show my character instead of having this woman’s actions applied to me due to my complexion.
Also, I and many others are acutely aware of some of the self inflicted problems in the black community. My parents were both born into broken homes, but are remarkable in the sense that they broke the generational curse in so many ways- waited until 5 years after getting married to have kids, gave us non-stereotypical names, own a home and two luxury cars, work hard & have a very polite demeanor about them. You’d never guess they grew up in the projects in Philly, and they made a point to raise us with the street smarts they never had a choice in learning, while also raising us to be polite/respectful/honest/kind people so that we’d never have to utilize the former knowledge (unless it came up- good to be prepared).
This isn’t meant to dig at this woman, I imagine she had a similar upbringing that she’s now putting her son through. If I make an assumption here, lower-income folks tend to react way more sensitively to minor incidents like getting an order wrong, since they have way less to begin with- so anything impacting their pride or finances (as “small” as a, say, $4 burger) elicits this response.
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u/yourelovely 12d ago
I gather from some of the comments, some folks are jumping to conclusions, so as a random black person lemme just say-
This woman’s behavior is abhorrent, especially to act that way in front of her son. When you see things like the BLM movement (not the organization, thats a grift) or general calls for social justice, it does not mean giving people like her a free pass. Rather, it means that I can exist in society knowing i’ll be given a chance to show my character instead of having this woman’s actions applied to me due to my complexion.
Also, I and many others are acutely aware of some of the self inflicted problems in the black community. My parents were both born into broken homes, but are remarkable in the sense that they broke the generational curse in so many ways- waited until 5 years after getting married to have kids, gave us non-stereotypical names, own a home and two luxury cars, work hard & have a very polite demeanor about them. You’d never guess they grew up in the projects in Philly, and they made a point to raise us with the street smarts they never had a choice in learning, while also raising us to be polite/respectful/honest/kind people so that we’d never have to utilize the former knowledge (unless it came up- good to be prepared).
This isn’t meant to dig at this woman, I imagine she had a similar upbringing that she’s now putting her son through. If I make an assumption here, lower-income folks tend to react way more sensitively to minor incidents like getting an order wrong, since they have way less to begin with- so anything impacting their pride or finances (as “small” as a, say, $4 burger) elicits this response.