On Sunday, August 10, 2003, at 10:11 AM, Connie Beckers wrote:
Like in my neighborhood, they call me a white bitch -- so that's
racist,
right?
I've been called a WB so many times it doesn't even bother me any
more... except for the time when a bunch of gangbangers yelled bang
the white bitch
I've heard it both ways, it is and it isn't. I look at it this way. Say
you're being tailgated by a white driver, then further up the road you're
being tailgated by a black driver. If you refer to the first driver as an
idiot and the second driver as a black idiot, that's an example of
David,
While I fully appreciate your volunteer management of this listserv, and the
fact that you acknowledge that you did not respond in a timely manner to
the racist comments posted recently, your explanation that the comments
were not sustained is a hollow one. Anyone who has been
most diabolically professorial sentence I could
come up with. Absolutely no one got it. Ehh.
Just because no one saw a need to comment on it
doesn't mean they didn't get it.
I did find it amusing that shade (by which, I assume
you meant ghost) was interpretted as a tint thing.
But anyway,
I've been extremely busy at work, which is why I
haven't responded to any of the posts. But to respond
in brief now:
Humor can be a very difficult thing to convey in an
e-mail, especially if the person reading it doesn't
know you well. The originating post did fall flat, but
not enough for me to
Thanks, Dyna -- Actually, my reasons for wanting to leave aren't real
hard-core crime related -- just more frustration, hurt and irradiation with
recent events.
That couple that got victimized three times in less than 24 hours lives (I
mean 'lived'; they moved last week) just a half a block away
Feh!
David Wilson
Loring Park
On Fri, 8 Aug 2003, Eduardo Parra wrote:
David,
While I fully appreciate your volunteer management of this listserv, and the
fact that you acknowledge that you did not respond in a timely manner to
the racist comments posted recently, your explanation that
I've heard it both ways, it is and it isn't. I look at it this way. Say
you're being tailgated by a white driver, then further up the road you're
being tailgated by a black driver. If you refer to the first driver as an
idiot and the second driver as a black idiot, that's an example of
--- Jim Bernstein [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
It is not racist to describe someone using their
color as an adjective
SAM:
I've heard it both ways, it is and it isn't. I look at
it this way.
Say you're being tailgated by a white driver, then
further up the road you're being tailgated by a black
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I would imagine if someone made one crack about white
I had this conversation offlist, it occurred to me I
should have it onlist too.
Yes, calling someone a white bitch is racist. My
husband had a good reply. When threatened and called
White Boy, he shot back, That's MISTER White Boy to
you.
Susan Maricle
formerly of Folwell
Bruno MN
Like in my
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I would imagine if someone made one
crack about white Minnesotans, tuna casseroles, or ridiculed anyone who made
fun of someone who used terms such as uffda, you betcha, there would be
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Well said!
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Subject: [Mpls] Gang, Drugs, Patrols
Eduardo Parra writes:
While I fully appreciate your volunteer management of this listserv, and
the
fact that you acknowledge that you did not respond in a timely manner to
the racist comments posted recently, your explanation that the comments
were not sustained is a hollow one. Anyone who
together to solve this blight, I might have an easier time with
really not big deal comments such as yours.
Eduardo Parra
Cleveland
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Date: Fri, Aug 8, 2003, 11:21 PM
Most of the time I am a lurker on this list. Often though, I've wanted to
point out to all sides that the discussion
here only reflects the institutional racism that we live
Most of the time I am a lurker on this list. Often though, I've wanted to point out
to all sides that the discussion
here only reflects the institutional racism that we live with in the US.
Our US definitions of race, besides confusing ethnicity and ancestral geography, are
fallacy. Look to
I would imagine if someone made one crack about white Minnesotans, tuna
casseroles, or ridiculed anyone who made fun of someone who used terms such
as uffda, you betcha, there would be a whole bunch of folk responding to
such comments
you must have just moved to Minnesota. Not only do us white
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