tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3509053156280655479.post280654710201001927..comments2023-06-14T08:24:18.553-04:00Comments on The Feminist Underground: Smiling Otheringhabladorahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01730183259272125337noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3509053156280655479.post-69120337706162636032008-08-28T04:34:00.000-04:002008-08-28T04:34:00.000-04:00Weighing in a bit late: Ian Hancock, linguist and...Weighing in a bit late: Ian Hancock, linguist and Romani scholar, tells about when his eight-year-old daughter came home from school upset because her teacher had, perhaps teasingly, threatened another student with "If you don't behave, I'll sell you to the Gypsies!"<BR/><BR/>Hancock called the teacher that night and explained that his daughter, who <I>was</I> a "Gypsy", had been distressed by WWWrenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05014284343328033995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3509053156280655479.post-45954991208550197502008-08-22T02:42:00.000-04:002008-08-22T02:42:00.000-04:00People love to ask me if I'm part native or part A...People love to ask me if I'm part native or part Asian. I really don't know why people care. For some reason many people have an interest in ancestry. I've never understood why people care. If it's important to the person they will tell me at some point.lyndsayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14297493836575541288noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3509053156280655479.post-9981396424028848352008-08-18T14:31:00.000-04:002008-08-18T14:31:00.000-04:00Hummm... it seems like there is really a very acti...Hummm... it seems like there is really a very active campaign to Other the whole Obama family. The NYT article Casmall refers to can be read <A HREF="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/18/us/politics/18convention.html" REL="nofollow">here</A>, I believe.habladorahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01730183259272125337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3509053156280655479.post-64216888182963584422008-08-18T13:46:00.000-04:002008-08-18T13:46:00.000-04:00The NYT has a piece about the how the Dems need to...The NYT has a piece about the how the Dems need to de-other Obama.Casmallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08707953002695900950noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3509053156280655479.post-21248341166857447332008-08-18T13:39:00.000-04:002008-08-18T13:39:00.000-04:00The f-word has a similar personal story about fals...The f-word has a similar personal story about false kindness - <A HREF="http://www.thefword.org.uk/features/2008/08/forget_what_not" REL="nofollow">about a woman who gets told she's "fat" by strangers all the time</A>. Sometimes this sort of thing isn't innocent at all - it is veiled aggression, and needs to be called-out.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com