tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14252293.post5487633120693886755..comments2023-10-30T09:41:15.375-06:00Comments on just showing up: How the Heldts talk about race and ethnicityBrianna Heldthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08224838737334231065noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14252293.post-71178001288426946012007-07-30T12:09:00.000-06:002007-07-30T12:09:00.000-06:00jeannett i agree. i don't think there's an "objec...jeannett i agree. i don't think there's an "objective" right or wrong way necessarily (barring a couple of awful words that i think most people know not to use). i used to assume it was more polite to call people "african american" but i don't do that anymore unless i know they actually descend from there.Brianna Heldthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08224838737334231065noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14252293.post-44069627843040153982007-07-29T21:01:00.000-06:002007-07-29T21:01:00.000-06:00Interesting topic. I always feel strange not know...Interesting topic. I always feel strange not knowing quite how to refer to people...I don't want to offend them and say the "wrong" thing, but frankly, I just don't know sometimes!Jeannetthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05378569765609750176noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14252293.post-12743437392659882502007-07-27T15:33:00.000-06:002007-07-27T15:33:00.000-06:00Very true regarding race. In college I had friend...Very true regarding race. In college I had friends from the Dominican Republic and the Caribbean, who thought of themsleves as hispanic and not "black"! Even though they had African American features, culturally they were hispanic. I would say that most people groups of the world consider themselves "brown".BeckyandTroyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12311242759407486227noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14252293.post-25616892996772765482007-07-27T10:22:00.000-06:002007-07-27T10:22:00.000-06:00Thank you for talking about something that people ...Thank you for talking about something that people seem to be so uptight about discussing. We are all different, Why all the tension about discussing it? Our differences make the world interesting.<BR/><BR/>When Bennett was born, he had a full head of really blonde hair and blue eyes and very fair skin, totally the opposite of me. I was asked on more than one occasion if he was adopted. I thought it was funny. People assume that your kids will look just like you. I was born to a blonde hair, fair-skinned, light eyed mother, so I was used to hearing about how I myself didn't look like my mother at all.Samanthahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10716255507128638406noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14252293.post-18270168089893319392007-07-27T08:12:00.000-06:002007-07-27T08:12:00.000-06:00I just want to say that I have been reading your b...I just want to say that I have been reading your blog for a while now, and I really enjoy it. Thanks.Jodyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14990979969549022164noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14252293.post-78676178987352277832007-07-26T23:36:00.000-06:002007-07-26T23:36:00.000-06:00beautiful. :) that's very interesting about the wh...beautiful. :) that's very interesting about the whole "brown" versus "black" thing. i've wondered about that myself because, yeah, it's brown skin.<BR/><BR/>you'll have to keep us up to date on all the appropriate terms. i think it's great to do posts about this because i seriously don't know which terms to use sometimes.Kristen Borlandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15486728360253790578noreply@blogger.com