> > It takes quite a character to volunteer yourself > > to represent an entire culture! > Not really. I represent my entire culture all the time, whether I like it or > not. Everybody does.
If anyone should take you as a representative of your culture, they would be stereotyping your culture. My point was that Anne is being hypocritical in the sense that she minds the negative stereotypes but says nothing about positive stereotypes (i.e. taking herself as a representative for french canadians). What you said is a perception (everyone is a representative of their culture defacto-- well duh, of course!), but what Anne said is a declaration-- i.e. if you want to know more about why french canadians feels <blah>, ASK ME. These two are fundamentally different in that the latter IS stereotyping a culture to one's self. Hence, what she says I'm doing (stereotyping), she's doing it herself. I'm not sure where she got racist from. :) ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> $9.95 domain names from Yahoo!. Register anything. http://us.click.yahoo.com/J8kdrA/y20IAA/yQLSAA/9rHolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Japanese_Language/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
