Preface: Nearly all of my coworkers are black.
Me: Did I hear you talking about Liam Neeson earlier?
Coworker: Yup
Me: You said you fell in love with him after the Taken movies?
Coworker: Yup
Me: Did you see he’s in the news right now?
Coworker: …yup.
Me: How do you feel about that?
Coworker: He’s canceled. He’s fucking canceled. His name is “that actor” now.
Me: I didn’t know ‘cancel’ was still a commonly used term
Coworker: WELL IT IS AND HE IS CANCELED.
Me: For what it’s worth, he says he feels bad about it.
Coworker: I don’t care! If you used to be racist but you’re not anymore, keep your racist thoughts to your damn self!
Me: I’m not sure pretending the past didn’t happen is the best path for the future.
Coworker: Didn’t you come from racist-ass bumblefuck nowhere? Some bullshit flyover state?
Me: I mean it was still Pennsylvania, but basically, yes.
Coworker: And you probably thought some pretty racist stuff?
Me: …yeah…
Coworker: And you keep that to your damn self, like you should!
Me: I’m willing to wait a couple days and see how the story progresses.
Coworker: CANCELED.