[Vision2020] Three easy pieces

[Donovan Arnold]

"Along those same lines:  If a white person, born in South Africa, were
>completing a job application (here in the Nifty Fifty, USA), I am certain
>that (s)he would be politically correct in checking the "African-American"
>block, wouldn't (s)he?"--Mr. Hansen


If that was on the job application, what would a Jamaican or an African that 
was not a American check?

Donovan J Arnold


>From: "Tom Hansen" <thansen at moscow.com>
>To: "'LuJane Nisse publisher'" <lujane at lataheagle.com>,        "'Joan 
>Opyr'" <auntiestablishment at hotmail.com>,        "'Vision2020 Moscow'" 
><vision2020 at moscow.com>
>Subject: RE: [Vision2020] Three easy pieces
>Date: Sun, 20 Feb 2005 11:24:11 -0800
>
>Along those same lines:  If a white person, born in South Africa, were
>completing a job application (here in the Nifty Fifty, USA), I am certain
>that (s)he would be politically correct in checking the "African-American"
>block, wouldn't (s)he?
>
>
>
>Tom "still stirring that stink pot" Hansen
>
>Moscow, Idaho
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>
>We could learn a lot from crayons: some are sharp, some are pretty, some 
>are
>dull, some have weird names, and all are different colors....but they all
>exist very nicely in the same box.
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>From: vision2020-bounces at moscow.com [mailto:vision2020-bounces at moscow.com]
>On Behalf Of LuJane Nisse publisher
>Sent: Sunday, February 20, 2005 11:10 AM
>To: Joan Opyr; Vision2020 Moscow
>Subject: RE: [Vision2020] Three easy pieces
>
>
>
>now you need to apologize to Riggin-ites.
>
>you see how it goes?
>
>AND I agree with you actually. Just pointing out some absurdities.
>
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: vision2020-bounces at moscow.com 
>[mailto:vision2020-bounces at moscow.com]On
>Behalf Of Joan Opyr
>Sent: Sunday, February 20, 2005 10:46 AM
>To: Vision2020 Moscow
>Subject: [Vision2020] Three easy pieces
>
>LuJane Nisse opines:
>
>
>"All this political correct stuff makes my head spin. You need a degree in
>PCness."
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>
>So-called political correctness, AKA respect for diversity within the 
>public
>discourse, is actually quite easy to master.  The rules are simple:
>
>
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>1. Don't call people by names they have told you they don't like.  If these
>seem to change from week to week, perhaps that's because it doesn't take
>long for the majority culture to turn a newly positive term into a
>pejorative.  We're good at that; witness what we did with "Black is
>beautiful."  We giggled and snorted (or pissed and moaned) about no longer
>being "allowed" to use negro; then, the next thing we knew, the approved
>term was African-American.  Polish- and German- and Swedish-Americans were
>up in arms!  What was wrong with black after all?  It was so much shorter!
>Get a grip on yourselves and call people what they wish to be called.
>
>
>
>2. When caught using an iffy or offensive terms, say, "I'm sorry.  I didn't
>know.  I won't do it again."  This lesson, as any parent can tell you, is
>directly-related to the "Please" and "Thank you" lessons we give our
>children to get them ready for kindergarten.
>
>
>
>3. Don't tell jokes that involve ethnic groups other than your own in which
>the representative of that ethnic group A) speaks pidgen English and B) is
>called Chief, Tonto, Squaw, Polack, Kike, Spic, Wop, or the N-word.  Unless
>you've been living under a rock in Riggins, you know these terms are
>offensive.  You also know that the buffalo joke isn't really about middle
>management  It's an excuse to tell a joke along the lines of "There were
>three nuns humping a dead alligator" in a public forum.
>
>
>
>It's bad, bad manners.
>
>
>
>Joan Opyr/Auntie Establishment
>www.auntie-establishmentcom <http://www.auntie-establishment.com>
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>PS: I don't mean to single out residents of Riggins.  It just alliterated 
>so
>nicely with "rock."
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