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For what it’s worth, I don’t like Bitch Lab, I don’t read her, I don’t think she’s very bright, and I think the main thing she piggybacked on recently was a comment thread to a post she didn’t author. Nice appropriation, that.
So: Don’t like Bitch Lab? Join the club, and don’t read her. Read the women she rips off instead. They’re better.
So: Don’t like Bitch Lab? Join the club, and don’t read her. Read the women she rips off instead. They’re better.
09-07-2006
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[...] It doesn’t really matter what ethnicity a White person has. Few people imediately assume that a person of German descent is a Nazi, or that a person of Irish descent is a member of the IRA, but if you happen to be of Middle Eastern descent, you are imediately suspect. [Update: I’m wrong here. It seems that people do assume that people of German descent are, or at least are the descendents of, Nazis. Good to know that ignorant questions transcend race.] [...]
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I couldn’t leave a comment there for some reason, so I’ll sully this space up with my thoughts. Just one picky point, actually.
I’m German, and when I mention that in passing, people often ask me if my family were Nazi. Really. They never ask me if I’m a philosopher even though there’s a bunch of them from those parts. Too bad.
Never underestimate the ignorance (or just morbid curiosity?) of human beings. We love to hear dirt.
Sage –
Years ago, I lived with a German family. gave me place to stay while homeless. Small German community in this particular town. They dealt with stereotype. Even worse just after war when they moved here — many moved here because of the post-War political turmoil when maps were redrawn, Cold War, etc.
I usually answer that question with “I’m a Heinz 57″ You know, the steak sauce with a zillion flavors.
Sage - Sorry, I’ve been toying around with the blog a lot lately and inadvertently clicked the “user must be logged in to comment” option. I don’t even know how I managed to do it since it took me five minutes to find where the option is. :)
Seriously though, people honestly ask you if your family were Nazis? Geez, people never cease to amaze me. Reminds me of a good friend of mine who went to Cornell a few years before I. When he got here and people heard his southern accent, they would ask him if his grandparents were slave owners. I’m guessing these folks didn’t do too well on the math section of the GRE.
[...] It doesn’t really matter what ethnicity a White person has. Few people imediately assume that a person of German descent is a Nazi, or that a person of Irish descent is a member of the IRA, but if you happen to be of Middle Eastern descent, you are imediately suspect. [Update: I’m wrong here. It seems that people do assume that people of German descent are, or at least are the descendents of, Nazis. Good to know that ignorant questions transcend race.] [...]