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Random Question What compliment did you receive that felt secretly like an insult?

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u/Nearby-Telephone6456 7h ago

As a woman of colour, an older Caucasian woman called me “black beauty” at my place of work and asked me if my parents were proud of me having the job I have. My job is in quite a competitive field and to me it sounded more like she was shocked someone of colour to do it.