When I was talking to my mom, I asked her how she taught us about race and "different" folks and she said she never really addressed it formally, just corrected us if someting came up, but she said her and my dad always made sure that everyone we wever came in contact with was treated like the person before regardles of anything that made them "different" from us. So, I'm gonna take that lead.
Zoe: Nobody's saying that, sir. Wash: Yeah, we're pretty much just giving each other significant glances and laughing incessantly.
'Our Mrs. Reynolds'
Spike's Bitches 41: Thrown together to stand against the forces of darkness
[NAFDA] Spike-centric discussion. Lusty, lewd (only occasionally crude), risqué (and frisqué), bawdy (Oh, lawdy!), flirty ('cuz we're purty), raunchy talk inside. Caveat lector.
Aims - May 29, 2008 4:25:09 am PDT #939 of 10001
Shit's all sorts of different now.
Sparky1 - May 29, 2008 4:25:43 am PDT #940 of 10001
Librarian Warlord
They wanna keep me! Benes, vacation...a JOB!
Congratulations! (Have you told your phone, yet?)
Aims - May 29, 2008 4:28:01 am PDT #941 of 10001
Shit's all sorts of different now.
YAY HONEY!!
Cashmere - May 29, 2008 4:30:00 am PDT #942 of 10001
Now tagless for your comfort.
Congrats, MM!
Guess who has to call Roto Rooter again today? *sigh*
Pix - May 29, 2008 4:33:40 am PDT #943 of 10001
We're all getting played with, babe. -Weird Barbie
What they said, Aims. And fwiw, the way my parents dealt with my lily-white hometown was to get me into summer activities and camps that were highly diverse (socioeconomically, racially, and ethnically) so that I began to see people of various colors and backgrounds as "normal." It took some time, but it did wonders for my perception of who was in the world and my realization that "they" (whichever category you wanted to pick) were not a monolithic group who would judge me. Those early lessons are the only reason that I managed to leave for college with relationships beyond the confines of a white, upper middle class town.
ETA: Yay job, MM!!
vw bug - May 29, 2008 4:35:46 am PDT #944 of 10001
Mostly lurking...
So, who's got a good guacamole recipe?
hippocampus - May 29, 2008 4:37:10 am PDT #945 of 10001
not your mom's socks.
vw - I do, if you're talking about eating it, not wearing it? (though I'm good at that too)
vw bug - May 29, 2008 4:37:50 am PDT #946 of 10001
Mostly lurking...
Yeah. It's for eating. It's for the big party tomorrow night.
Sparky1 - May 29, 2008 4:41:08 am PDT #947 of 10001
Librarian Warlord
"different" folks
I have to say, I do have a little quibble with parents who use this vocabulary with the kids without elaboration. I know it's almost impossible to avoid, but I feel like if they tell the kid I'm "different" there's an implied "different from normal" and the short hand ends up being categories of normal/not normal. So I love to hear the parent say something like, "look at all the people in the store, almost no one is the exact same height! Everyone is different!"
I hope that makes sense.
Sox, how did your mom react to Iris telling her she was going to die soon?
Tom Scola - May 29, 2008 4:42:44 am PDT #948 of 10001
Mr. Scola’s wardrobe by Botany 500
So, who's got a good guacamole recipe?
Chipotle's does!
But I don't know what it is.