# Let the holiday mini rants begin

**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/let-the-holiday-mini-rants-begin/518501
**Category:** The BBQ Pit
**Created:** [November 22, 2009, 5:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/let-the-holiday-mini-rants-begin/518501 "2009-11-22T05:08:39Z")
**Posts on this page:** 1
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### Author: ![Kolga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e56c9b/32.png) [@Kolga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kolga)
#### Post date: [December 30, 2009, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/let-the-holiday-mini-rants-begin/518501/441 "2009-12-30T20:28:33Z")

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> [@tumbleddown](#):
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> I don’t believe I have. Long story short: my aunt’s husband and her entire social circle believe her to be white. She is not. Any members of the family who would disprove this by virtue of our brown skin are not welcome in her home in person nor in pictures.

That is possibly the most fucked-up thing I’ve read in quite a long time. Can you sever all ties with this person? Honestly, I can’t imagine that attempting to maintain a relationship of any kind does you any good.

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