Skip to main content

Or So You Thought...


Anybody remember playing a game called the Assumption Game? What nobody? Ok so real quick - basically, you assume to know-it-all about a particular subject. So to win, you have to be the player with the BEST ASSUMPTIONS about why certain things happen they way they do, are the way they are,,etc. For instance, why don't psychics win the lotteries? (hmm, that's a good one...) Or Mackgurl is from the South so she loves chitterlings and pig's feet...ehhhh 



As a Black woman, I've experienced being followed in some stores  - shopping malls, jewelry stores. Annnnndddd I can admit that I've often assumed that they ASSUMED I was going to steal something. But the other day, I saw a post on social media that made me wonder about my ASSUMPTION - heck ALL of my ASSUMPTIONS! Check this out:
Wow! You mean it wasn't about them thinking this Black lady was going to steal something? This lady was, in fact, stealing a recipe?? PLOT TWIST!!! LOLBTW, did you catch the ASSUMPTION the other lady had - about black people not sharing recipes? Who knows, Mama might have been all too happy to share the recipe for chicken cutlets with her. 

 Be careful in your ASSUMPTIONS of people and everyday situations...ASSUMPTIONS lead to stereotypes...stereotypes can lead to bad feelings, unfounded fears and some other really dark places. So the next time, I'm followed around in a store, I'm going to assume it's because...

Sending virtual hugs,
Mackgurl

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Puzzle

Sometimes we don't know what we want. Heck, most of the time we barely know what it is we need. So, isn't it amazing then that when we find it, stumble across it or when it finds us, it is basically immediately clear that it is in fact what was needed, what was wanted? Like, say you're putting together a puzzle. Perhaps it's one with oh let's say a thousand pieces (whew that's ALOT)                                                                                                                                                    http://clipart-library.com/jigsaw-puzzle.html You start with the edges putting them together and b...
1 comment
Read more

Look before you eat...

Hello folks! This is NOT the Super Bowl party snack post. (check back tomorrow for that one). But it is related to food (smile) This post is a cautionary tale about food - specifically MAKE SURE YOU CHECK YOUR FOOD BEFORE YOU EAT IT! A friend and coworker of mine visited an establishment who was offering FREE bagels today. How wonderful! I really enjoy bagels from this particular restaurant. And who doesn't like. FREE, right?Well, imagine her surprise when she reached into her a bag for delightful wheel of bready goodness and finds a little something extra: The heck is THAT??!?!?!! What do you think this something extra is? (no, I'm not talking about the raisin) Look closely at the top of the bagel. Do you see those tawny colored rope-y looking things? I was hoping it was a piece of the paper bag the company put her FREE bagels in. But honestly, she I both had the same thought - "It looks like strands of WEAVE/BRAID EXTENSIONS!!!" GASP! My buddy was not ...
2 comments
Read more

Cast Off

Letting go isn't always an easy thing.  It is most times, well, a necessary thing...of course necessary has nothing to do with easy.  How many of you are currently in a relationship? No, not with chocolate or alcohol but an actual relationship with another person? They text you or call you every day several times a day...you're making plans to see them before you even finish with one date...you miss them when your time together for that date is drawing to an end...you see them walking towards you and you can't help but smile, waiting for that hug, that kiss...you have so much fun with them you can't imagine them not being around... Fun stuff right? (Ok well most of the time it is - if not, get out but that's a post for another time)  Ok so for all the currently boo'd up readers, is this your first relationship? Hmm, I'm guessing probably not - at least for most anyway. So at some point you were head over heels for someone else. Each day you woke up excit...
2 comments
Read more