A list of irritating comments that y’all say to interracial couples. A THREAD, starting with:
“Oh, sorry— I’ll combine the checks. I didn’t think you two were paying together.”
Us: Interesting.
Y’all to interracial couples: “You guys are defeating racism. Thank you for what you do. Go America.” And then you’ll go on a monologue about your former president.
Us: Ma’am, we’re just trying to eat our dinner. Shoo, go away. 😑😑😑😑
Y’all to interracial couples: “But can you BE yourself around each other? Is there actual love there?”
Yes. I am here to report the breaking news that Black women are loveable as their unapologetic selves by anyone. Thanks for questioning that tho.
Y’all to interracial couples: “What did their/your family say when you brought them home? Were they mean to you?”
Us: Literally nobody cared but thanks for assuming that we had to go through trauma to be together? The real question is: Why do YOU think someone would be mad?
Y’all to interracial couples: “Do you two know each other? You two seem so close.”
Yeah I have no idea why this complete stranger is hugging and kissing me right now. Should take some time to figure that out.
Please no second hand accounts. I’m not talking about your friend, or anyone else but you. I’m trying to get an authentic understanding directly from people that this applies to
I am bilingual and a part of the reason why I am asking is because the word Latinx hasn’t flowed off the tongue very well but Latine flows off of the tongue much better and I want to make sure that it is acceptable to use Latine. My brother is Latino but he’s 9 and said “Latino”
Do you all not realize that STEM PhD programs are literally rejecting students that say they want to teach?
Then your TEACHING faculty postings exclude people who have science backgrounds focused in EDUCATION???
This is why it's so hard for me to apply for jobs right now.
TEACHING faculty postings be like "MUST have PhD in MOLECULAR BIOLOGY" and I'm like... I don't have that specific degree because ALL of the molecular biology programs literally rejected me BECAUSE I WANTED TO TEACH.
WTF
We should not have to LIE to get the jobs we want. I stayed true to myself.
We see horror story after horror story of students who suffer at the hands of professors using TERRIBLE PEDAGOGY. You all NEED EDUCATION specialists in your SCIENCE PROGRAMS.
STORYTIME: grab the popcorn! One night two years ago, I went to sleep perfectly healthy & hours later woke up in the middle of the night with a RAGING headache. Head was throbbing, and I felt so odd. Also felt some water in my ear that was from the shower I had taken earlier. 1/
There was SO much water in my ear, I could hear it. So, I did the tilt-your-head thing, bouncing my head sideways to jerk the water out of my ear. Nothing would work. I decided to sleep on that side of my ear to let the water drip out naturally via gravity. Head was pounding. 2/
It took a while for me to go to sleep. I laid there with my head pounding and I could hear the water in my ear moving, and I was banging my head on the pillow, even the nightstand to get the water out. I was that desperate. I ended up going to sleep eventually. Rough night. 3/
Um the Daily Mail just bought New Scientist for £70 million 😬😬😬😬😬😬😬😬😬😬😬😬😬😬😬
I’m trying to think of the best case scenario of having a company that runs a tabloid newspaper owning a science publication and all I can see is an actual shit show for scientists to battle exaggerated and misleading headlines
Immediate thoughts: We need to strongly emphasize science literacy in our schools and make sure we’re teaching kids from early on how to fact check and source their information. Make it as standard as learning the ABCs.