Racist grandparentsIt Came From Planet Aylia says: "My husband's mad Auntie Joan accused the man seven doors down of stealing her milk as he was the first black neighbour she had. She doesn't even get her milk delivered." Tell us about casual racism from oldies.
Thanks to Brayn Dedd who suggested this too
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Scaryduck LIKES EGG, Thu 27 Oct 2011, 11:54)
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Wait a cotton pickin' minuteMy grandma was a keen sewer, kintter, and everything of that ilk. OFten we'd receive 'beautiful' items of knitwear for Christmas, items that itched like someone had poured louse eggs all over them.
Anyway, my grandad, the good man that he was, always ensured his wife had the supplies she needed to keep us all in itchy woolen clothes.
One sunny summer holiday afternoon, while I was abandoned at my grandparents' house, I was sent to Woolworths to buy some "nigger brown thread". Even at that age my jaw hit the floor.
He was a good man, he didn't even realise he was being racist, it was just a colour of thread to him. I never did manage to get him try pasta though.
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Charliemouse, Fri 28 Oct 2011, 16:35,
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