tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1322231331209141714.post6172621772829945431..comments2023-05-02T08:17:18.590-05:00Comments on Still Fruity: A Little More On RaceLindyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04662429826507775390noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1322231331209141714.post-30295719322854220812008-09-25T22:39:00.000-05:002008-09-25T22:39:00.000-05:00Thanks Ann.Very good comments.Thanks Ann.Very good comments.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1322231331209141714.post-34677129522587785222008-09-24T10:29:00.000-05:002008-09-24T10:29:00.000-05:00Another incident from Div School - a professor was...Another incident from Div School - a professor was presenting on ethnicity -- his first statement was that he was not "ethnic" - (he is white) -- the rest of us looked at each other - duh - everyone is ethnic - the rest of his presentation was lost to our stunned minds about his ignorance. It is the privilege of white being the "norm" for white people to declare one is not ethnic.Annhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07287169546184325690noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1322231331209141714.post-9057179574079047212008-09-24T10:27:00.000-05:002008-09-24T10:27:00.000-05:00I have a friend who is black and with whom I have ...I have a friend who is black and with whom I have done anti-racism training. One day at training a woman said - but I don't see you as black I just see you as a person - to her. She replied - but I want you to see that I am black - see my beautiful color - see me as a black woman - see me for all of who I am - yes I am a person and blackness is one aspect of that. One more click of understanding for me -- still a long way to go.Annhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07287169546184325690noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1322231331209141714.post-88491201107795506262008-09-24T08:37:00.000-05:002008-09-24T08:37:00.000-05:00Me too, Doxy. In recovery. Me too.Me too, Doxy. In recovery. Me too.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1322231331209141714.post-43427632845910963092008-09-23T06:29:00.000-05:002008-09-23T06:29:00.000-05:00Amen, Sister!Of course, most WON'T see it. It's th...Amen, Sister!<BR/><BR/>Of course, most WON'T see it. It's the log in our own eye, so we worry about the speck in others'.<BR/><BR/>I am a racist in recovery. To say anything else is to make myself a liar.<BR/><BR/>Pax,<BR/>DoxyWormwood's Doxyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10882756844690851674noreply@blogger.com