My boss, trying to make me feel better, told me the other day I'm of the best Indian mothers he's seen.
I shrugged and asked him what does that even mean? Most of the Indian mons I know are stay at home moms
But the comment has rankled me. What does he even know of "Indian Moms" to be able to make a comment like that? As though it's even possible to categories and generalise a whole race of people like that!
Then I heard Michelle Obama speak yesterday. Of how she shrugs off such comments because it reveals more of the person making such comments than me or the people the comment is made about.
Sigh
I appreciate his good intentions in wanting to affirm me. But not like that.
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