Saturday, September 15th, 2007
We’ve made it through another week. I wish I could say we are getting settled into a schedule, but really at this point we’re just managing to flail around and stay above water without going under.
We also had a rough time after a boy at school taunted GlitterGirl for her small nose. The teacher is [...]
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Thursday, July 5th, 2007
A few times on APC someone has made the comment that they don’t see their child as Chinese, or sometimes it is worded that they forget she is Chinese. I think that what they are trying to say is that they just see her as their daughter, not their Chinese daughter. But invariably a [...]
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Wednesday, May 31st, 2006
Stereotypes exist because someone decided that the majority of a certain population have something in common. They weren’t just pulled out of thin air, there is (or was) a basis for them.
There is an AA comedian who says that he doesn’t mind all of the bad stereotypes as long as everyone remembers the one that [...]
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Wednesday, May 10th, 2006
There is an interesting story at The Washington Post.
It says that 45% of children under five in the US are a minority. 70% of that 45% is Hispanic.
One in three Americans is now a minority.
We are told that in the Washington area as well as in Miami, Houston, and LA, minorities are now a majority [...]
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