Comments on: First there is a mountain http://omegamom.com/2007/08/30/first-there-is-a-mountain/ A "good enough" mom muses about alpha moms, adoption, computers, the State Of The World, Internet quirkiness, and the Kosmik All Sat, 11 Oct 2008 01:03:23 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: Johnny http://omegamom.com/2007/08/30/first-there-is-a-mountain/#comment-3926 Johnny Fri, 31 Aug 2007 16:48:18 +0000 http://omegamom.com/2007/08/30/first-there-is-a-mountain/#comment-3926 Several well-meaning people have written me and said, "I'm sorry. Really. But....I still don't see the racial parts of the story." I tell them that they have to live the "yellow skin" to understand. It's like you have to have lived in the South to understand how "Boy" has a very special meaning when spoken to African-Americans. But you're right, some folks believe they've got the "secret badge" that excludes from bigoted thoughts. Us Chinks don't give them to Whit-----errrrr......people of the Caucasian background. Several well-meaning people have written me and said, “I’m sorry. Really. But….I still don’t see the racial parts of the story.”

I tell them that they have to live the “yellow skin” to understand.

It’s like you have to have lived in the South to understand how “Boy” has a very special meaning when spoken to African-Americans.

But you’re right, some folks believe they’ve got the “secret badge” that excludes from bigoted thoughts.

Us Chinks don’t give them to Whit—–errrrr……people of the Caucasian background.

]]> By: sheoflittlebrain http://omegamom.com/2007/08/30/first-there-is-a-mountain/#comment-3924 sheoflittlebrain Fri, 31 Aug 2007 16:10:36 +0000 http://omegamom.com/2007/08/30/first-there-is-a-mountain/#comment-3924 Oh dear! How frustrating to have your RE closing dangling just out of reach... Sometimes, I think the protect-the-children thing won't end until all kids are reared within a plastic bubble! Oh dear! How frustrating to have your RE closing dangling just out of reach…
Sometimes, I think the protect-the-children thing won’t end until all kids are reared within a plastic bubble!

]]> By: SBird http://omegamom.com/2007/08/30/first-there-is-a-mountain/#comment-3923 SBird Fri, 31 Aug 2007 15:57:28 +0000 http://omegamom.com/2007/08/30/first-there-is-a-mountain/#comment-3923 Love all of this (well, except the Shoebox part...) Yep on the race thing, yep on the IVF thing, yep on the condescending media vis-a-vis blogging thing. There was a reason why Shakespeare (oh, Thy Most Elite Bard) wrote scenes with the masses in mind...he understood that they did, in fact, have a voice. Love all of this (well, except the Shoebox part…) Yep on the race thing, yep on the IVF thing, yep on the condescending media vis-a-vis blogging thing. There was a reason why Shakespeare (oh, Thy Most Elite Bard) wrote scenes with the masses in mind…he understood that they did, in fact, have a voice.

]]> By: Lisa http://omegamom.com/2007/08/30/first-there-is-a-mountain/#comment-3910 Lisa Thu, 30 Aug 2007 23:54:22 +0000 http://omegamom.com/2007/08/30/first-there-is-a-mountain/#comment-3910 I'm waiting to move into a new apartment and it keeps getting pushed back so I'm right there with you with the frustration. First it was the 1st, then it was the 3rd, now it's the 7th. Ugh. Getting very frustrated. I’m waiting to move into a new apartment and it keeps getting pushed back so I’m right there with you with the frustration. First it was the 1st, then it was the 3rd, now it’s the 7th. Ugh. Getting very frustrated.

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