1. You're decidedly less outgoing than my sister. 2. You don't have kids. IME, mothers often end up having conversations about topics you or I would never consider initiating.
That said, I can think of only a couple of Black friends with whom I'd be reasonably comfortable initiating such a conversation. I'd like to think that more than that would be comfortable initiating such a conversation with me.
I'm actually more inclined to initiate discussions of race relations with POCs than with White people. At least I know that most POCs and I will be starting from the same basic assumptions, whereas other White people generally range in their attitudes from some degree of cluelessness to outright denial.
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Date: 2014-08-14 08:10 pm (UTC)2. You don't have kids. IME, mothers often end up having conversations about topics you or I would never consider initiating.
That said, I can think of only a couple of Black friends with whom I'd be reasonably comfortable initiating such a conversation. I'd like to think that more than that would be comfortable initiating such a conversation with me.
I'm actually more inclined to initiate discussions of race relations with POCs than with White people. At least I know that most POCs and I will be starting from the same basic assumptions, whereas other White people generally range in their attitudes from some degree of cluelessness to outright denial.