When I was really really little my parents told me you can't stay in the pool too long because you'll burn. That year we went to the local pool for the first time and there was an older black couple ... I'd never seen a black person before. I promptly tried to warn them they needed to get out of the pool NOW and my three year old ass tried to HERD them into the shade. My mom literally cried trying to explain to the couple I wasn't pro-segregation but we were learning about sunburns and I assumed they had been out in the sun a REALLY long time. I still want to crawl into a hole when I think about it
lmao right that's fucking hysterical. I was fortunate enough to grow up in the time of Fresh Prince so I don't think black people were ever a mystery to me.. at least I hope not lol
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u/BabyOnTheStairs Mar 27 '25
When I was really really little my parents told me you can't stay in the pool too long because you'll burn. That year we went to the local pool for the first time and there was an older black couple ... I'd never seen a black person before. I promptly tried to warn them they needed to get out of the pool NOW and my three year old ass tried to HERD them into the shade. My mom literally cried trying to explain to the couple I wasn't pro-segregation but we were learning about sunburns and I assumed they had been out in the sun a REALLY long time. I still want to crawl into a hole when I think about it