Comments on: Why Can’t This Headline Contain The Word [Expletive Deleted]? http://dissociatedpress.com/2010/11/why-cant-this-headline-contain-the-word-expletive-deleted/ Fri, 04 Jul 2014 04:16:49 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: admin http://dissociatedpress.com/2010/11/why-cant-this-headline-contain-the-word-expletive-deleted/#comment-3022 admin Fri, 12 Nov 2010 19:56:47 +0000 http://dissociatedpress.com/?p=2647#comment-3022 You're right. Fuck it. ;-) You’re right. Fuck it.
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]]> By: Pat http://dissociatedpress.com/2010/11/why-cant-this-headline-contain-the-word-expletive-deleted/#comment-3020 Pat Fri, 12 Nov 2010 19:44:05 +0000 http://dissociatedpress.com/?p=2647#comment-3020 Ian, I think Ann Arbor is getting to you- when I worked in Detroit everybody was described by the color of their skin and/or ethnic background- "That tall white lady," or "The Muslim gal across the hall." The crazy Hispanic-Jewish teacher constantly made reference to her heritage and how it affected her life. She was huge, fashionable, crazy, loud and proud. I loved it. Talking about who we were and where we came from was fun. It made life interesting. Why pretend that these descriptors and aspects of a person are NOT convenient memory handles and ways of referring to someone when we are doing it inside our brains anyway? Same out here in Cali- yes there is plenty of racism everywhere,but speaking openly of color and background is not necessarily THAT. Ian, I think Ann Arbor is getting to you- when I worked in Detroit everybody was described by the color of their skin and/or ethnic background- “That tall white lady,” or “The Muslim gal across the hall.” The crazy Hispanic-Jewish teacher constantly made reference to her heritage and how it affected her life. She was huge, fashionable, crazy, loud and proud. I loved it. Talking about who we were and where we came from was fun. It made life interesting. Why pretend that these descriptors and aspects of a person are NOT convenient memory handles and ways of referring to someone when we are doing it inside our brains anyway?
Same out here in Cali- yes there is plenty of racism everywhere,but speaking openly of color and background is not necessarily THAT.

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