[Vision2020] "spawn" (was "Sali Seeks")

[g. crabtree]

In all fairness to Donovan, I am the insensitive wretch who pegged Ms. Mix's 
hissy meter. I can not in all good conscience allow him to take the fall for 
my "carelessness."

g
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Chasuk" <chasuk at gmail.com>
To: "keely emerinemix" <kjajmix1 at msn.com>
Cc: "Donovan Arnold" <donovanjarnold2005 at yahoo.com>; "g. crabtree" 
<jampot at roadrunner.com>; "Andreas Schou" <ophite at gmail.com>; 
<vision2020 at moscow.com>
Sent: Tuesday, May 06, 2008 2:48 PM
Subject: Re: "spawn" (was "Sali Seeks")


> On Tue, May 6, 2008 at 8:09 AM, keely emerinemix <kjajmix1 at msn.com> wrote:
>
>> Please help me!  I'm in a dilemma here -- am I "playful," "intellectually
>> dishonest" or "morally elite"?  I'm getting ready for my day and it's 
>> hard
>> to know which shoes to wear . . . Keds?  Black stilettoes?  Vegan
>> Birkenstocks?
>
> I'm not bipartisan, Keely.  I am an unabashed Keely fan.  We likely
> disagree on several major points, but you have always been generous
> and kind, and your perception of what constitutes loving your enemies
> is uncannily similar to mine.  Anyway, I suggest vegan stilettos.
>
>> I do object to "spawn,"
>
> I would object to Donovan's use of "spawn" if I believed that he was
> being intentionally racist or demeaning.  "Spawn," in the context with
> which Donovan used it, may be irreverent, but I don't believe that he
> used it in he same sense that Jesse Helms would use the word "nigger."
> Context and intention have to be taken into account.   I know Donovan
> well enough to know that he is no more racist than the average white
> USian, who unavoidably inherit the prevailing racism common to members
> of the dominant culture.
>
> Chas
>