I will never understand what the big deal is about being Jewish. Maybe I'm just clueless, but I just don't get what people's problem is, or problems. So people are Jewish, big deal. I don't get it. And I guess I'm happy because I don't and hope that I never do.
I'm going to NMSU currently and I have been fortunate enough not to see it. Then again, if it's not staring me in the face I don't really notice things. I am hispanic and not blind to what people think about my people, or as a woman, or as a Christian, what people who claim to be Christian do in the name of God. So when someone looks at my last name or my first, which sounds and looks middle eastern, and gets that look in the face, I'm fortunate enough not to notice.
I'm so sorry this has happened to you. I wish that we, as a country, would stop worrying about all this PC bs, and start talking about the issue full out. We can't just keep pretending that if we don't openly offend anyone, then everything's okay. It's not, and pretending it is is ignoring that big, huge pink elephant in the room.
There was a teacher in Ohio, I think it was Ohio, that taught this wonderful class on bigotry, racism and sexism and talked very frankly about these real issues. One white student complained, and they shut down the class. Not even a week later they fired him.
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Date: 2013-07-18 02:37 am (UTC)I'm going to NMSU currently and I have been fortunate enough not to see it. Then again, if it's not staring me in the face I don't really notice things. I am hispanic and not blind to what people think about my people, or as a woman, or as a Christian, what people who claim to be Christian do in the name of God. So when someone looks at my last name or my first, which sounds and looks middle eastern, and gets that look in the face, I'm fortunate enough not to notice.
I'm so sorry this has happened to you. I wish that we, as a country, would stop worrying about all this PC bs, and start talking about the issue full out. We can't just keep pretending that if we don't openly offend anyone, then everything's okay. It's not, and pretending it is is ignoring that big, huge pink elephant in the room.
There was a teacher in Ohio, I think it was Ohio, that taught this wonderful class on bigotry, racism and sexism and talked very frankly about these real issues. One white student complained, and they shut down the class. Not even a week later they fired him.
Sigh.