The other day a white customer was mimicking the way a black co-worker talked over the phone to another co-worker, and when he asked her to stop she said “oh I bet your black too” and he’s like nah I’m white, you’re just being awful and I’m hanging up
It’s that easy
When people think empathy w/o personal association or investment is strange, it’s because they have none.
Seriously how has it become such a foreign concept nowadays to empathize with others even if you aren’t the one being affected by it?
Me: “I don’t give to the Salvation Army. They’re extremely anti-LGBT.”
Mom: “Well, what do you care if you’re not gay?”
Me: “The fact that you’re asking me to explain both empathy and basic human decency kind of horrifies me on a cellular level.”
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