no, I have not seen a picture. And yes, it is a generalization but it's based on experience of Florida inner-city schools so I'll stand by it, especially since I did say I was reading between the lines. It's a guess and it could be wrong. I don't think it's an unreasonable guess though.
Dana On Fri, 25 Mar 2005 12:44:27 -0600, Deanna Schneider <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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. > > > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Find out how CFTicket can increase your company's customer support efficiency by 100% http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=49 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:151858 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
