The percentage of people who answer "Other" goes up every year, as it should.
I am as white as white gets, but my dad is native american so I always mark "other".
Anya Christina Emmanuella Jenkins. Twenty years old. Born on the fourth of July — and don't think there weren't jokes about that my whole life, mister, 'cause there were. 'Who's our little patriot?' they'd say, when I was younger and therefore smaller and shorter than I am now.
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The Minearverse 5: Closer to the Earth, Further from the Ax
[NAFDA] "There will be an occasional happy, so that it might be crushed under the boot of the writer." From Zorro to Angel (including Wonderfalls, The Inside and Drive), this is where Buffistas come to anoint themselves in the bloodbath.
Tamara - Aug 16, 2006 4:03:41 pm PDT #866 of 10001
You know, we could experiment and cancel football.
Gus - Aug 16, 2006 4:07:38 pm PDT #867 of 10001
Bag the crypto. Say what is on your mind.
I am "other" as Hell.
What difference does it make? On a census, it is like the "Are you here legally?" question.
§ ita § - Aug 16, 2006 4:19:25 pm PDT #868 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
The difference it makes depends on the survey. For my sister's work on the impact of AIDS on various populations, of course she needs to know which ones. Similarly for my mother's medical research.
Gus - Aug 16, 2006 4:23:59 pm PDT #869 of 10001
Bag the crypto. Say what is on your mind.
I should know better than to argue with ita. However, I am brave. What difference does it make to the HIV virus, what box you check on a census?
§ ita § - Aug 16, 2006 4:28:17 pm PDT #870 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
What difference does it make to the HIV virus, what box you check on a census?
Disease spreads in different ways among different groups. Good luck trying to stem the tide in, say, West Africa the same way you approach it in Sweden.
Gus - Aug 16, 2006 4:32:52 pm PDT #871 of 10001
Bag the crypto. Say what is on your mind.
It is the same shape of condom, on either continent.
Cashmere - Aug 16, 2006 4:34:50 pm PDT #872 of 10001
Now tagless for your comfort.
It is the same shape of condom, on either continent.
It's cultural, no physiological, Gus--which can be related to race.
§ ita § - Aug 16, 2006 4:36:29 pm PDT #873 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
And is definitely related to ethnicity.
Gus - Aug 16, 2006 4:48:15 pm PDT #874 of 10001
Bag the crypto. Say what is on your mind.
No way. No way am I going to let culture == race == ethnicity stroll by unchallenged.
There are literally hundreds of cultures in Africa, and nearly the same in the States. Prevention in every one is the same.
§ ita § - Aug 16, 2006 4:51:32 pm PDT #875 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
No way am I going to let culture == race == ethnicity stroll by unchallenged.
Cool. Who are you challenging? I have seen no assertion of equality between the three, and in fact have seen mentions of the opposite.
::snacks on popcorn::
Prevention in every one is the same.
Well, it's good that you're not in charge of the efforts to eradicate the disease, and that people who understand that different cultures are different are at least somewhat up in the thing.
I'd love to see someone try and talk the average Jamaican guy into using a condom the same way you'd try the average American. Attitudes towards sex, sexuality, homosexuality, IV drug use--hardly constant across the world, but more usefully similar within ethnicities.