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I deliberately avoided everyone this weekend since I wanted to take a break from all the petty bitching that seems even more rampant than normal. Yet, someone managed to locate me and called me over the mobile. She was looking for a team for a big show later in the year and was asking my opinion on the line-up. We were discussing the merits, advantages and synergy between a few combinations of dancers, when this supposedly well-travelled and educated dancer asked, "We need to make it politically correct. So how about Z? We need a blackie." My jaw dropped as I tried not to drop my mobile. There was a deep silence before she asked me what I thought again. And I very icily and curtly told her that she should be careful how she uses her words as it would definitely offend not only Z but a lot of people. She had the audacity to claim that English was not her first language and she was just trying for some flippant humour that was not meant to be racist. I just replied that that would seem like a poor excuse to many people. Pleading language barrier and humour in some cases is a cop-out. Malice and poor manners are hard to disguise, whatever language you couch them in. I ended the conversation very quickly, pleading another call. I may not like what Z does on a professional basis but no one has the right to attack her on such a personal and unjustifiably bigoted platform. I also told the poor excuse for a human being on the phone that I was too busy to work with her this year. I did not add, or any other year. Far from the madding crowd ... is it such a difficult dream? In the immortal words from 6th Sense ... I see stupid people. |
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5/19/2008 3:30 am |
She needs to make it politically correct, then proceeds to call Z a blackie. What planet is she from???? I'm dyslexic. I scream Ho Dog instead of Oh God in the throes of passion.
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5/19/2008 4:43 am |
I know. I've always harboured doubts about this woman but thought she had more sense than to reveal herself so vilely to me. I cannot tell you how offended and disgusted I was. Whatever planet she is on, I hope it never comes within my orbit again. In the immortal words from 6th Sense ... I see stupid people.
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5/19/2008 5:43 am |
It's difficult to keep ourselves away from madding crowd, because sometimes you need to talk with them before realizing how mad they have been. And when you decide to stay away, you have already been annoyed or even hurt. Don't let such person bother you, WHF! Those who discriminate others don't really have confidence about who they are themselves! Agnes
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5/19/2008 6:17 am |
Anything to get a laugh, especially at the expense of others. If people didn't indulge them, their show would come to a sudden halt. Wishing you a better day 
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 5/19/2008 9:19 am |
well, I guess she put in words what many people and institutions do, to show superficial correctness
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5/19/2008 10:05 am |
It's difficult to keep ourselves away from madding crowd, because sometimes you need to talk with them before realizing how mad they have been. And when you decide to stay away, you have already been annoyed or even hurt. Don't let such person bother you, WHF! Those who discriminate others don't really have confidence about who they are themselves! Anyway, sigh, gotta go now as my friend is nagging me to get something to eat before boarding. Apparently the food is shite. Ta! In the immortal words from 6th Sense ... I see stupid people.
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5/19/2008 10:12 am |
Er, will get respond to the rest when I arrive and find out what the situation is, i.e. can I bloody get a connection from the back of beyond? Ta for the comments! In the immortal words from 6th Sense ... I see stupid people.
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5/19/2008 2:58 pm |
Just a quick hallo and thank you for stepping by my blog. Wish you successful week. SL  Keep love in your heart ! SL
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5/19/2008 3:09 pm |
Anything to get a laugh, especially at the expense of others. If people didn't indulge them, their show would come to a sudden halt. Wishing you a better day Ta, am starting the day early and trying to log on via mobile. Bloody ridiculous. In the immortal words from 6th Sense ... I see stupid people.
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5/20/2008 9:41 pm |
Racism still exists. Out of earshot. Rarely heard, but still felt. It will continue until enough of us have the guts to stand up to people of our own race. ~ B.
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5/21/2008 2:16 am |
I can recommend a place in mid-Wales so far from everywhere that mobiles don't work and the only human company you might see is the pilot of an RAF jet flying past at mach 0.8 from time to time. Normally it's so quiet it makes your ears hurt. I wish I lived nearer on weeks like last week. Dont ask !!! Peter
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 5/21/2008 11:37 am |
Bravo WHF, my daughter is of mixed race.She does not look like me at all.I used to call her my little Bird of Paradise .One day as i was disembarking the bus the driver asked me if i was her babysitter.I told him " No ",i was her mother.He looked at me puzzled and shocked and replied that there was also a Lady in the next town who had a mixed child and she was also a nice lady.HHHmh.,im at a point i feel sorry for these people.Their dumbness does not even anger me.The only thing which worries me is when prejudice turns into aggression or inequality.......Now take off to some remote Island in The South Pacific and leave your handy+PC at home ..that should do the trick !!Remember..live each day as it comes..it may be your last!!!xx " NAMASTE"
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5/22/2008 1:10 pm |
I can change colours when I want. (But I need a little help from the sun and the sun has NOT been cooperating here this spring.) I am wearing my WINTER COAT...TODAY!!! TAKEN it yet? Yes or No? ( )
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5/22/2008 5:55 pm |
well, I guess she put in words what many people and institutions do, to show superficial correctness In the immortal words from 6th Sense ... I see stupid people.
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5/22/2008 5:56 pm |
Just a quick hallo and thank you for stepping by my blog. Wish you successful week. SL In the immortal words from 6th Sense ... I see stupid people.
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5/22/2008 6:05 pm |
Racism still exists. Out of earshot. Rarely heard, but still felt. It will continue until enough of us have the guts to stand up to people of our own race. ~ B. In the immortal words from 6th Sense ... I see stupid people.
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5/22/2008 6:13 pm |
I can recommend a place in mid-Wales so far from everywhere that mobiles don't work and the only human company you might see is the pilot of an RAF jet flying past at mach 0.8 from time to time. Normally it's so quiet it makes your ears hurt. I wish I lived nearer on weeks like last week. Dont ask !!! Peter Ah, serendipity, mate, that you mentioned flying as that was what I did this week. I took off with an old mate and we went to a deserted town and just flew microlights, rode horses and had quiet BBQs every night. Am nice and relaxed and happy now! Ta! And won't ask.   In the immortal words from 6th Sense ... I see stupid people.
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5/22/2008 6:20 pm |
Bravo WHF, my daughter is of mixed race.She does not look like me at all.I used to call her my little Bird of Paradise .One day as i was disembarking the bus the driver asked me if i was her babysitter.I told him " No ",i was her mother.He looked at me puzzled and shocked and replied that there was also a Lady in the next town who had a mixed child and she was also a nice lady.HHHmh.,im at a point i feel sorry for these people.Their dumbness does not even anger me.The only thing which worries me is when prejudice turns into aggression or inequality.......Now take off to some remote Island in The South Pacific and leave your handy+PC at home ..that should do the trick !! at the bus driver. Lovely. I remember you mentioning your diverse family makeup. I can empathise with your daughter. Fortunately, we every ignorant or sanctimonious bigot we get, we also get another pebble of determination set in our personal battle against such behaviour. Helps to be stubborn sometimes. It was not quite an island nor in the South Pacific but I did take time off and spent with some really old friends. Was a lovely break and I am already missing the peace and quiet! And yes, the infrastructure there was rather limited so I could not use my PC or mobile except for real emergencies. What joy! Ta chickie! In the immortal words from 6th Sense ... I see stupid people.
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5/22/2008 6:24 pm |
I can change colours when I want. (But I need a little help from the sun and the sun has NOT been cooperating here this spring.) I am wearing my WINTER COAT...TODAY!!! In the immortal words from 6th Sense ... I see stupid people.
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5/23/2008 12:42 am |
Well, I am not sure which institutions would actually think it is correct, superficially or otherwise, to call anyone a "blackie". Hmm, maybe the KKK?
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5/23/2008 2:26 pm |
Hey, Beta. Spot on, chickie! That's one of the main reasons why I was so ticked. But also that her political correctness was actually driven by monetary considerations. If she had a more "racially well-rounded" troupe, it will sell more tickets and appeal to wider spectrum of people. It's all about money at the end of the day for some people. You know what? Today I had a really weird craving. I was so craving quark for some reason. Bizarre! Maybe I was homesick.  In the immortal words from 6th Sense ... I see stupid people.
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5/25/2008 6:54 am |
I'd never met a person of colour until I came to this country and went to school in Connecticut. My first two fights in 3rd grade were brought about by the cruelty leveled at the only girl in school fitting that description. Throughout my life I've been annoyed and aggrieved by racial or ethnic joke and the response to my response has been that I'm a kill joy and it's all in fun. Now I have a beautiful grandson who is a young man of a diverse racial background African American Cherokee and Irish. I have such hope for his life but I'm continually amazed at how little society has progressed towards tolerance since I was in grade school.
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5/25/2008 7:52 am |
Wow, I am slightly amazed that you had never met a person of colour till you got to Connecticut. I'm sorry but which country were you from? I never read people's profiles ... sorry. I'm sure your grandson is beautiful with such a fab mix of heritages. I think tolerance is one of the hardest things to achieve and is a continual and constant aim we must set for ourselves. In the immortal words from 6th Sense ... I see stupid people.
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5/30/2008 12:16 pm |
You come up against this kind of thing all the time in Spain. It's a running joke in the market, where I'll have a beer with the butchers of a Saturday afternoon, that I'm on a "civilizing mission". Claims that certain expressions are "just a part of the language" ring false when set beside the reality of the immigrant experience. I won't put up with them. Even in the university I've heard someone say, "Tengo tanto trabajo que necesito un negro." My jaw dropped too.
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5/30/2008 1:35 pm |
FF is being really shite today. They put my Kiwi and Hedgehogs post under Member Deleted Post when all it taked about was Kiwis and hedgehogs. Well, it was like one of my clients saying during a meeting yonks ago, "That will be like looking for a nigger in a shit pile." My jaw dropped too. In the immortal words from 6th Sense ... I see stupid people.
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