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Call me naive, but I had thought we were beyond that by now. I guess I was just a bit too sheltered because I had never experienced it before today. So, I was at the grocery store with my kids, and like all kids, they kept picking stuff up saying, "I want this!" Obviously, I kept telling them, "No!" Well, I guess this old, white lady got offended because she started going off on me. She was saying, "You're mean!" and "I read about you black people!" I had no idea what she was talking about, so I just said, "Let me hurry up and get out of here before I go off on this lady!" Honestly, I don't know if it was because I am black, because my kids are biracial, or she was just having a bad day, but I assumed from her comment that it had to do with me being black. This situation really ruined my whole day. Anyone else have any similar experiences?

One of the most well written shows I had ever been truly interested in was Hannibal. That show was fascinatingly beautiful. The script was constantly mind-blowing and the film style was perfection. It honestly still astounds me that it was cancelled after its third volume. What goes through the minds of networks when they go to axe an overwhelmingly spectacular piece of literary art? Honestly, for a show that graphic, they did surprisingly well in terms of viewer interest and overall hits with popularity. I apologize. I get extremely fired up when this topic arises, as I am a passionate member of the modern media-oriented culture.