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12 Apr 10
27 Apr 10
Originally posted by SeitseOK, you're right. I didn't give you the benefit of the doubt and assumed you meant European Americans specifically. My apologies.
Hey, man, tell me, how many times have you lived outside the States?
Listen here, I am not attacking you but, to be honest, you really know
only the Chinese in the States, the Mexicans in the States, etc.
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Edit. By the way, hombre, I have a bonus trivia for you: which US
president referred to the expansionist policies of his Evil Em ...[text shortened]... rds)
I tell you, there's a long tradition of obsession with race right under
your feet.
30 Apr 10
Anyway, I only started rereading this thread because I was stunned yesterday to discover that one of my students was recently forbidden by her mother to play with two of the other students. Why? Because "she saw them." She's Mexican, and one of the girls she can't play with is African-American, and the other is biracial (A-A and Hispanic). I really didn't think parents still did that.
30 Apr 10
Originally posted by pawnhandler"told their white (sic)"? how would that happen? homeschooled where parents could keep all mirrors locked away?
How do you mean "raised as whites?" Do you mean they're black but told their white? They're raised with the same general experiences and values as white children?
no, just without access to much black culture. as opposed to those who are steeped in it so it's natural as breathing.
so, yes to the last sentence. as with adoptions.
