in their own words... 10 Jul 2008 12:16 pm
Stupid.
I was at the grocery store in our small town on the Fl/Ga border. In front of me in line was a young mother…white and blond with a little girl dark and curly.
The store clerk (young, blond, teenager who has worked in the store for a few years): “Oh! She’s so cute! Is she yours?”
The mother: “Well, yes, she’s mine, but she’s adopted from Guatamala.” Starts to ask baby where she’s from, saying, “guata” and the baby finished with “mala”.
The clerk: “Are you going to tell her when she’s older that she’s not yours?”
The mother: “Well I guess she’ll take a look at me and figure it out. But we already teach her about where she’s from.” And the “guata” with the baby’s “mala” question repeated.
The clerk: “Yeah…I guess I’d better make sure I get a baby from HERE cuz I’m so white!”
The mother: “Yeah…you’d better”.
on 10 Jul 2008 at 10:14 pm 1.gina said …
Ugh- I can hardly believe it! People are pretty dumb.
on 11 Jul 2008 at 12:44 pm 2.Sarah @ Ordinary Days said …
Oh geez..all I can do is sigh…poor stupid people and poor normal people who are forced to deal with them
on 11 Jul 2008 at 3:49 pm 3.Verde said …
Oh Lordy. Made me laugh. I’d say she should stick to what comes out of the bubble gum machine.
on 27 Aug 2008 at 7:52 pm 4.Juliana said …
Unbelievable. I have blonde hair and very fair skin and my husband and I adopted our son from Guatemala. Obviously, we look very different. However, I’ve never had anyone say anything to me like that. Though, we live in South Florida where there are a lot of mixed couples (and children of Hispanic and mixed race heritage), so perhaps people are more accepting.
Juliana