Delta? I think that your friend got the symbol wrong. Its lamda that is the symbol for lesbians. The only way I can figure out how she thought Delta was a gay symbol is that the prink triangle is also a gay pride symbol. In WW2 the nazis tried to exterminate the gay population of Europe. Gays were required to wear pink triangles on their concentration camp uniforms much like Jewish people had to wear a yellow Star of David.
larry On Sat, 20 Nov 2004 13:22:02 -0600, Gruss Gott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Howie wrote: > > I'm frankly surprised that it's not more well known that calling > > an African American woman an "Aunt Jemima" is a racial remark. > > There are no absolutes in racist remarks except: "All black women are > incapable of doing anything but staying in the kitchen." Everything > else is just a matter of interpretation and/or intent. > > Once in college I left a note for a friend's roommate, Dawn, addressed > to "Delta Dawn". She got mad at me saying I was calling her a lesbian > because "Delta" is a gay symbol. Is it? I had no idea. > > I don't view Aunt Jemima as racist and I think Ms. Rice resembles Aunt > Jamima so I find the comment humorous. If someone else sees it as > racist, ok, but it's completely arbitrary on both of our parts. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Special thanks to the CF Community Suite Gold Sponsor - CFHosting.net http://www.cfhosting.net Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:137286 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
