• Potatos_are_not_friends@lemmy.world
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    10 months ago

    During my orientation, a random manager came up to me and a few others and said, “My husband is black.” Earlier, I shared that my wife is pale white, and I am brown.

    I was with HR and witnessed their shocked. While my brain did go, “Why did she say this?”, I transitioned into ‘be a homie’ and shouted, “Hell yeah mixed babies!”

    Which isn’t better. Record skip moment. We both smiled uncomfortably. We both left. Nobody has brought it up since.

    • can@sh.itjust.works
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      10 months ago

      Did she hear you say you’re in a mixed race relationship or was it completely unprompted?