Gruss, I never thought of myself as "white". My skin color may be white, but I am first and foremost a Jew. When I fill out the forms, I choose other and write "Jew". I grew up in a community where white and black were just not an issue.
I have a friend who is very dark-skinned - he is Jewish and is actually white, but dark-skinned enough that he was once mistaken for a Puerto Rican and attacked by a gang of Black teenagers. Judith On Mon, Oct 27, 2008 at 1:07 AM, Gruss Gott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Dino wrote: >> Based on Judah's comment that whites systematically oppress blacks > > I'm non-white people! Not THAT non-white, but growing up in MN in > the 80s DEFINITELY non-white. These days in MN? I'm white. Or white > enough. > > Was I "oppressed" while growing up? Yeah, somewhat. Made fun of. > Excluded from things. But hardly all of the time and hardly by > everyone: All of the time by some people, none of the time from > others, and then a small handful that would join in with others, but > never instigated it. > > I even got a few apologies. > > That being said, I would hardly consider myself "oppressed" > systematically. People are always not going to like you for some > reason and I give people plenty of reason not to like me for other > reasons than my slightly shaded skin :) \ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:276799 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
