Miscellaneous: Today, I told my mom we get Monday off due to Martin Luther King...

By Sydney - 15/01/2013 23:16 - United States - Houston

Today, I told my mom we get Monday off due to Martin Luther King Jr. day. She then insisted that I had to go to school because that is "only for black people." FML

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By ProExist - 15/03/2019 21:00 - United States

Today, MLK Jr. Day, I was told that since my other co workers are on vacation, I have to be at work Today. No one else is at work Today...or on any other holiday. Also I am the only black person at my office. The irony, FML

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Don't know much about history…

By Anonymous - 19/04/2022 16:00

Today, my daughter actually asked me who Martin Luther king Jr was. This girl, this African American daughter of mine, with full access to the internet, who has completed a college education, doesn’t know who one of the most important black men in history is. I need to lie down. FML

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You deserved it 996

Hogwatch

By Anonymous - 19/02/2022 00:01

Today, I had to slowly and very seriously explain to my mother why there is no 'White History Month'. I can't believe we are actually related. FML

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You deserved it 315

By look how totally not racist I am! - 11/07/2014 03:32 - United States - Salida

Today, I was stuck on a campus tour with my subtly racist mother who, in an attempt to seem open-minded, deemed it appropriate to refer to our black tour guide as "Sistah". FML

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You deserved it 4 002

By guest - 19/06/2014 01:14 - United States - Agoura Hills

Today, I became the town racist for saying "black" instead of "African-American". I'm black. FML

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Overcompensating

By daddy's girl - 22/01/2013 04:08 - United States - Springfield

Today, I had to drag my grandmother out of a store because she went up to a black family and started apologizing for slavery. FML

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You deserved it 3 126

By Aisu - 08/05/2009 18:14 - United States

Today, my mother called me a bad son for not telling her "Happy Mother's Day". When I told her Mother's Day wasn't until the 10th, she said that I would have forgotten anyway. FML

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You deserved it 3 062

Not so Karate Kid

By Matthew - 09/03/2020 19:00 - United States - Juneau

Today, my mom told me to do karate with her, and so I said no. Now my mom won't let me do anything until I go do karate with her. FML

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You deserved it 346

Work work work work

By ghk - 26/09/2021 20:00

Today, I had my first day off in six months. My mother immediately came down to my room and demanded that I clean the entire house. As I was cleaning, she said, "You don’t get to relax. Ever. Lazy ass." FML

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Bad day

By Anonymous - 19/03/2024 00:00 - United States

Today, apparently, I can't have a bad day. After school, mom asked me if I'd had a good day. I told her no. Without asking, she went on a tirade about how unsociable I am and how poor my attitude is. I was harassed all day by my classmates because I don't wear expensive brand name clothes like they do. FML

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Charmillionaire 13

Wednesday 16 January 2013 8:54

I'm assuming you got your dads brains?

PenguinBitch 43

Wednesday 16 January 2013 8:55

With her logic, they should have a Ceasar Chavez day because I need a break.

Comments

DriAA7 17

Wednesday 16 January 2013 12:07

Yes because having a day that segregates White and Black people is exactly what MLK would have wanted....

SexyQueen0905 24

Thursday 17 January 2013 1:53

Exactly what I was thinking, #46. That being said, using her logic, does that mean only white people had Presidents' Day off before Obama was elected?

jdbaby02 5

Wednesday 16 January 2013 12:17

Racism at its best!

DriAA7 17

Wednesday 16 January 2013 13:12

Not racism. At all.

dashizam 10

Wednesday 16 January 2013 12:47

Dude, not having a bacon holiday does not mean that we aren't holiday friendly!

saksxalmo 20

Wednesday 16 January 2013 12:51

Why did OP write "black people" in quotes like that?

TheDrifter 23

Wednesday 16 January 2013 13:01

Because OP uses a different name for that ethnic group than her mother did?

thew_fml 14

Wednesday 16 January 2013 13:42

because the OP was quoting hir mother....

minmo 1

Wednesday 16 January 2013 13:11

Nvm

honestyslife 9

Wednesday 16 January 2013 13:23

Your mother is ignorant

nabesh 5

Wednesday 16 January 2013 13:33

Your mom is racist.

interesting33 36

Wednesday 16 January 2013 14:42

It doesn't sound like she is racist - just not sure on how this day works.

Suirin 4

Wednesday 16 January 2013 23:14

There was nothing racist about op's mom said.

AllieCat21 21

Thursday 17 January 2013 8:22

Not racist. Either ignorant, or stupid. Or both.

Enslaved 36

Wednesday 16 January 2013 13:37

Tell her you plan on having some black in you that day and then show her a picture of your black boyfriend. :P Or tell her your principal is black and he's shutting the whole school down.

perdix 29

Wednesday 16 January 2013 13:56

By that logic, you'll have to go to school on Labor Day because that's only for people who work. And President's Day, because you're not a president. You might not get Good Friday off if you are not a good kid, and you have to show up for school on Thanksgiving if you are an ingrate.