#and she always sent me the dark-skinned thumbs-up to indicate that she'd gotten my numbers
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#my reading for class is discussing how whiteness is seen as neutral in the US while other races are seen as races#and i was thinking abt ppl using the yellow vs skin-toned emojis#(i'd rather use the yellow ones bc imo asserting whiteness as race can come off as white supremacist-y)#(but i'd love to read discussions of it from POC)#anyway then i was remembering this bizarre thing that happened when i was working with the bakery#i was assigned the task of taking inventory on the loaves we'd baked in a day and sending that amount to the number-cruncher#i've now forgotten her name#and she always sent me the dark-skinned thumbs-up to indicate that she'd gotten my numbers#which i was so pleased by bc everyone i'd met at the company was white#(cincinnati is 40% Black for context)#i was the only jewish person#i felt like she and i were secret allies against the overwhelming WASPiness of the company#i never said anything bc i didn't want to be weird#but it was a nice parasocial thing so i didn't feel so alone among all the normative whites#anyway i finally meet her one time when i'm at the main location#AND SHE WAS WHITE TOO!!#the /betrayal/#they finally hired two latina women later on so at least there was that#we got to share culturally specific stories it was great#but i'm still haunted by this woman#why did she use the dark-skinned emoji???#food mention
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