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Bernardo de La Paz

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7. Another interpretation
Thu Dec 14, 2017, 07:09 PM
Dec 2017

Would it not be a kinder and still realistic hypothesis that when the high school principal said he had been friends with a First Nations woman in college that he was simply trying to make a human connection with you?

Is it much different when someone identifies themselves as a Tajiki from Tajikistan, the other party says Oh I once knew someone from there?

Is it necessarily his fault that the only Oneida person he knows he met was from long ago? He probably has met several others since without knowing they were Oneida.

We can laugh a little at how it sometimes continues "Do you know so-and-so from ...", as if Tajikistan, Oneida, Onendaga, and (say) Rochester are not large communities.

I do not think there is an equivalency to the way Mrs Moore aped the famous line from the 1950s "Some of my best friends are negros" with their paraphrase referring to jews. The Moore's aping is definitely ignorant, period. Friendship with a few individuals does not exculpate racial stereotyping or racial prejudice (pre-judging members of a group simply for being members of a group).

I'm sure the principal was not using his memory as an excuse for racism. I could be wrong since I did not hear the conversation. There may have been something about the way you introduced yourself that made his remark inappropriate. Was he guilty of racial stereotyping?

Did he agree to help repatriate the remains? Has that effort been successful?

Seven Dates in May [View all] H2O Man Dec 2017 OP
Keep On Writing Me. Dec 2017 #1
Thank you! H2O Man Dec 2017 #10
right on.... dhill926 Dec 2017 #2
Thanks! H2O Man Dec 2017 #11
K&R... spanone Dec 2017 #3
Thanks! H2O Man Dec 2017 #12
trump has a talent for bullying, not much more. spanone Dec 2017 #16
Right. H2O Man Dec 2017 #20
Another great read, H2O Man. We have work to do. SaveOurDemocracy Dec 2017 #4
Lots of work! H2O Man Dec 2017 #13
I'd say God already performed a miracle with Jones victorious. sprinkleeninow Dec 2017 #5
I agree! H2O Man Dec 2017 #14
"Trump is a forest fire, supported by arsonists," Butterflylady Dec 2017 #6
Right! H2O Man Dec 2017 #15
Another interpretation Bernardo de La Paz Dec 2017 #7
Yes, right. H2O Man Dec 2017 #17
Rude and crude happens to the best of us, doncha know! sprinkleeninow Dec 2017 #26
Good piece! peggysue2 Dec 2017 #8
Thanks, peggysue2! H2O Man Dec 2017 #18
Days? Bernardo de La Paz Dec 2017 #9
Thank you! H2O Man Dec 2017 #19
Moore's defeat coeur_de_lion Dec 2017 #21
Yes, I saw H2O Man Dec 2017 #23
I figured it was too good to be true coeur_de_lion Dec 2017 #25
Enjoyable AND informative OP from start to finish. Thanks for posting. oasis Dec 2017 #22
Thank you! H2O Man Dec 2017 #24
K&R n/t denbot Dec 2017 #27
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