4 TIPS for Black people attending their first White Thanksgiving

Andrea Coleman
3 min readNov 20, 2018

My man is White. We’ve been together for almost 7 years and we spend all of our Thanksgivings with his family (Christmas we spend with my family). So, I’ve attended many White Thanksgivings. I love having Thanksgiving with his family, but I have noticed a few differences between his family and mine. Of course, most of the ways Black and White people celebrate Thanksgiving are similar, but the differences are where the comedy is and since I’m a comedian, I look for the funny.

So, if you’re a Black person about to embark on your very first White Thanksgiving, here are some tips and tricks so that you’re prepared and their potato salad doesn’t get the jump on you!

1. There will be no sweet potato pie. Pumpkin pie only. I’m sorry.

This was a surprise to me but sweet potato pie isn’t a staple at the White Thanksgiving. They do pumpkin pie. I don’t know why. I’ve never tried it. Is it good? Maybe. It’s weird biting into something that looks like it should taste like sweet potato pie but doesn’t — I imagine. As I said, I’ve never tried it. Just go in knowing you may not get your sweet potato pie fix and I’m sorry. If it helps you, I won’t be having any sweet potato pie Thursday either.

2. I don’t know what they put…

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Andrea Coleman
Andrea Coleman

Written by Andrea Coleman

Reiki Master, Lawyer & Comic with over 815K views: I love rules, writing & laughing. https://linktr.ee/AndreaColemanComedy

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