White teen fired for calling Hispanic boyfriend a "support animal" on social media.

Getting white people to admit to their own racism is an uncomfortable and exhausting process. But there are those willing to do this necessary work, and you can find them in the corners of Reddit.

When a teenager admited to a major f*ck up but couldn't quite grasp why her actions were wrong, she (u/UsedBoysTissue64) took to Reddit to tell her side. And boy, did she get a wealth of responses (and a few threats) for her efforts. Here is her (sadly very typical) story of learning that she's not as progressive as she thought:

Content Warning: racism

TIFU (Today I f*cked up) by calling my Mexican boyfriend a “support animal” and getting fired over it

I, white (17F) and my boyfriend, hispanic (18M) have newly been open about our relationship to the public after keeping it quiet with long distance. After him visiting for a week from across country, we now are posting each other on social media, wearing promise rings, the whole package. Race has never an issue to us being a white and mexican couple… until today.