> Subject: Re: Race and thumbsucking
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> Date: Mon, 29 Apr 2002 18:48:59 EDT
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> I will speculate that the behavior is not related to race but to emotional
> maturity (that is, not having more age appropriate ways to self-comfort.)
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> Nancy Melucci
> LACCD
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As long as we're speculating, isn't it possible what you refer to as " age
apporpriate" actually means socially acceptable? In some cultures it is not age
appropriate for an adult to display direct expressions of anger yet in this country
it's seems
that it's almost a rule that you have to.
Many people who reject the dominant culture adopt various ways of behaving that
singnal that rejection (wearing baseball caps backwards and to the side, wearing pants
way to large for your waist size, wearing your shirt untucked, etc).
But I'm just speculating... I could be right.
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Herb Coleman
IT Manager, Rio Grande Campus
Adjunct Psychology Professor
Austin Community College
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