tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13455938.post5403708085196641656..comments2024-02-14T02:28:27.585-07:00Comments on a fear of flying: Race and Culture: stepping out of the comfort zoneAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00466860937596192472noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13455938.post-26225859282716230712007-10-11T08:21:00.000-06:002007-10-11T08:21:00.000-06:00Living in the American South (God's country--tee h...Living in the American South (God's country--tee hee), I've seen lots of prejudice unfortunately. It used to be directed more towards African Americans, but now since there are so many Hispanics (or the PC term of Latinos and Latinas...or so I've been told), I see a shift. Unlike Texasblu, I still see race as an issue, but I also see size, appearance, disability, religion, age, gender, and just Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13455938.post-61789351837958453822007-10-10T10:52:00.000-06:002007-10-10T10:52:00.000-06:00Gosh, texas...I loved your comment. It really hel...Gosh, texas...<BR/><BR/>I loved your comment. It really helps to have people weight in like that. After all, I'm sort of stumbling around in the dark on this issue, all I have is others' experience to guide me at this point. Well said!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00466860937596192472noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13455938.post-8154585544433992362007-10-10T10:48:00.000-06:002007-10-10T10:48:00.000-06:00Hmmm... I'll try not to go overboard. This is a h...Hmmm... I'll try not to go overboard. This is a huge issue with me.<BR/><BR/>Prejudice comes in all shapes and sizes - it really has nothing to do with race anymore. You can be slighted for your race, how fat or thin you are, your religion, etc. <BR/><BR/>We were asked to leave several homeschool groups in TX BECAUSE we were LDS - "Oh, you're a nice family", they'd say, "but we don't want Pirate Princesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12164956276371481421noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13455938.post-62366959738968250642007-10-09T20:39:00.000-06:002007-10-09T20:39:00.000-06:00That's great, Lucy... I'm kind of jealous of you, ...That's great, Lucy... I'm kind of jealous of you, in fact. :( I haven't had the opportunities you have, and it's coming harder for me than it probably would for you, if you were adopting children from Africa and not me.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00466860937596192472noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13455938.post-38048072552202001382007-10-09T20:25:00.000-06:002007-10-09T20:25:00.000-06:00Living in Houston, we have all kinds of people aro...Living in Houston, we have all kinds of people around us. My kids grew up around all kinds of ethnic backgrounds. One of my best friends is a black lady 20 years older than me. She kind of became my surragote mother, when my own mother died.<BR/><BR/>I always look for the real person inside the body before I even look at the color of their skin.Lucy Sternhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15551301072676727397noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13455938.post-81216122561482351752007-10-09T17:05:00.000-06:002007-10-09T17:05:00.000-06:00Sherpa, I listened to several of those, and they w...Sherpa, <BR/><BR/>I listened to several of those, and they were pretty amazing. NPR also did a special just recently on a family who had adopted a couple of older girls from Ethiopia, it was a very fun and thought-provoking interview.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00466860937596192472noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13455938.post-56640733219919428572007-10-09T15:28:00.000-06:002007-10-09T15:28:00.000-06:00First, a black or hispanic person anywhere in the ...First, a black or hispanic person anywhere in the country gets pulled over more often than a white person. Very sad, but true.<BR/><BR/>NPR did a week long segement on adopted kids and several of those segments were bi or black kids adopted to white families. Very interesting stuff.Joyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04334846713290013451noreply@blogger.com