Word. My daughter, thus far, just refers to everyone by name. I assume that ethnicity will come up at some point since there are several different ethnicities on our block but at this point it is all Jeff, Tamara, Zeomara, Simon, Linda, etc. I like that.
Judah On Thu, Jul 22, 2010 at 9:00 AM, Zaphod Beeblebrox <zaph0d.b33bl3b...@gmail.com> wrote: > > My daughters refer to their friends as "..the one with blond hair, the > one with brown skin, the one with tan skin, the one with black hair, > the one with the green eyes"...as if skin color were nothing more or > less different that hair color or eye color. They're not Black, > Asian, Mexican or any of those labels our society uses. > > I wish I could be more like that. > > > > On Thu, Jul 22, 2010 at 10:40 AM, Larry C. Lyons <larrycly...@gmail.com> > wrote: >> >> Unfortunately trish all the right wingers on the list now have you in >> their sights. >> >> Generally I agree with you, but that said, I have no problems >> discussing my views on the topic with any black person, or other >> minority for that matter. When I was in BC for my cousin's funeral >> last June, I did have a long conversation with his husband (same sex >> marriage being legal in Canada). One thing was very clear, being gay >> and black in the US is an even harder row to hoe. >> >> larry >> >> On Thu, Jul 22, 2010 at 10:55 AM, trish simon <trishsimo...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>> Racism...LOL...how many emails on this one subject, and the target >>> being "Blacks" (one of many minorities in America)? How many poster >>> who responded to the original subject has apologized for jumping on >>> the bandwagon to criticize and attack this woman, and the NAACP? How >>> many posters are outraged that the "media" has again deceived us, even >>> the White House did not investigate the facts before attacking this >>> woman? >>> >>> Just when I thought it could not get any worse, someone provided a >>> list of "successful Blacks" (not sure why Tiger Woods was on the >>> list), and then concluded with, "if there is a systemic oppression of >>> Blacks, these men and women would not have had the opportunity to >>> achieve what they have." >>> >>> I dare you to have this discussion with a "real" person of >>> color...reality is not as pretty. >>> >>> >>> On 7/22/10, Sam <sammyc...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>> >>>> Race is a real issue and the Obama admin will make sure of that. >>>> In this day and age when blacks have achieved so much this admin >>>> spends so much time calling whites racists. That's bringing us back to >>>> a 60's mentality. You call someone an evil name often enough they >>>> might end up not liking you. That still won't make them racist, >>>> anti-bigot maybe, but the charge will still be racism. Can we stop the >>>> racism nonsense? >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> On Wed, Jul 21, 2010 at 7:31 PM, Judah McAuley <ju...@wiredotter.com> >>>> wrote: >>>>> I want to see a bigger focus on economics, on class, on structural >>>>> inequalities in the system that aligns big business with big >>>>> government to the detriment of 90% of the country. I think that there >>>>> is more that we can find in common than that which may divide us. But >>>>> I think that it is a mistake to pretend that race isn't a real issue >>>>> anymore and that the attempt to try and take race out of the equation >>>>> ends up pushing away a bunch of people who otherwise ought to be right >>>>> there in the fight with you. >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >> >> > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology-Michael-Dinowitz/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:323460 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
