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Originally Posted by Penelope  My daughter's boyfriend this week is black. His mother is married to a white guy but he is from a previous marriage. I took the day off to take my daughter, her boyfriend, and a girl friend of hers to Phonecia's in O.S. for lunch yesterday. He, the boyfriend atm, mentioned that he was the only black person in the restaurant and I told him he was the token so it made him special. I sure got some strange looks though. He and I had gone to Wal-Mart before we picked the girls up for lunch and I got some strange looks there also. I wish I had the shirt "keep staring, I might do a trick". |
I can see that you're open-minded and tolerant, but did it occur to you that his parents might get pissed if he tells them you called him the "token"? I don't mean any offense to you at all, but words are touchy things in race relations....