Well to that end, I thought his remarks were sexist as well.....but I had no idea, as i explained earlier, that the word "nappy" had racial overtones. Racism, perceived or otherwise, will always trump sexism.....probably because there's more money and/or notoriety in it :/
On 4/13/07, Mary Jo Sminkey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >Are you implying that racism has gotten WORSE in this country over the > last > >20 years? Because that is a position that i would take strong opposition > >too. > > Of course not...I'm not talking about racism at all, but what is > considered acceptable speech. I mean, I personally find the use of language > by some people in public forums like this really offensive and will avoid > those topics in general. Maybe it's partly because I am a woman, but I find > it unnecessary and a sign of lack of verbal skill to have to resort to using > foul language....but it's become pretty much acceptable in our society. > Calling someone a "ho" though steps over another line altogether though. > Again, maybe it's because I am a woman, but I find his remarks even more > sexist than racist and indicative of how far women still need to go to get > proper respect in our society. > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Deploy Web Applications Quickly across the enterprise with ColdFusion MX7 & Flex 2 Free Trial http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion/flex2/?sdid=RVJU Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:232520 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
