...my niece turned fifteen yesterday. Fifteen. I used to babysit her, and being an aunt is so much better because you can spoil and not be responsible. I mean, who will babysit at a moment's notice? Me. Why? Because aunt Kim has no social life.
But that's a different story. Boring, but different.

...when she first moved to Mississippi a few years back, I tried to talk to her about some things she'd find out about. Namely, the old south redneck hillbilly attitude towards people who are different (also known as "anyone who ain't white").

...I thought I'd done the right thing the right way...she agreed that the "n" word was bad, and that all people were equal. Unfortunately, my mom and my sister (thanks to my mom) both thought people of color were inferior...I thought I'd "saved" my niece. I was wrong.

...the last time she was up here we had a discussion on how certain individuals down there were "dirty"..."poor, therefore trash"..."all because of their own laziness"...you get the picture.

...I could not reason with her. She'll believe this for the rest of her life. I wonder of she knows where we come from...poor white trash...of which I am not ashamed of.

...my grandpa was a ridgerunner at one time...was asked to join the klan but said no (I don't know why, tho...I only know it wasn't because he felt bad about all the shit that went on down there)...supposedly an uncle of mine who killed himself was really murdered, but no one can prove it....a cousin allegedly dealt drugs...her sister allegedly tried to have her husband killed...and the local officer of the law (not sure if it was a sherriff or deputy or what...just that he carried a badge and a gun) was seeing another aunt of mine, but then started seeing her daughter. I have no idea if it was at the same time or not...either way...ewwww.

...sounds like an episode of Jerry Springer...
posted by Wanting at 9:02 PM