She would still say something like, "nobody treats my baby like that!" if someone were to abuse me in some way. It's a term of endearment/figure of speech not limited to the African American community.
I honestly assumed you'd seen a picture of them, when you reported that it was a black family. I don't expect you to jump to conclusions. So, I'm just surprised that you would think that one phrase would be enough information to determine someone's race. On Fri, 25 Mar 2005 09:39:42 -0600, Dana <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > all the time? In a sentence like that? OK... if you say so. > > Dana > > On Fri, 25 Mar 2005 08:00:28 -0600, Deanna Schneider > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > um, I'm 34 and white and my mother still sometimes refers to me as "my > > baby." That's a pretty massive generalization, that. > > > > > > On Thu, 24 Mar 2005 13:45:30 -0600, Dana <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > ok, fair enough, though when I have heard the phrase "my baby" applied > > > to a schoolaged child in the past it has always been a black mother. > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Discover CFTicket - The leading ColdFusion Help Desk and Trouble Ticket application http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=48 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:151790 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=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
