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Offline unchartedTopic starter

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OMFG!
« on: July 19, 2007, 09:12:28 PM »
Sorry for the OTT title, but I simply can't believe this.

I know it's from the Daily Hate Mail, but still...

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I can't believe this is a mother talking about her child :-(
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Re: OMFG!
« Reply #1 on: July 19, 2007, 09:23:21 PM »
That's pretty ****ed up.
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Re: OMFG!
« Reply #2 on: July 19, 2007, 09:25:59 PM »
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As for myself, there is an inescapable status issue to address. White women who have non-white children are stigmatised as 'Tracy Towerblocks' living on benefits, most of which they spend on lager and fags.


Oh dear.
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Re: OMFG!
« Reply #3 on: July 19, 2007, 09:27:50 PM »
I think that was a very honest description of a mother's concerns over raising a mixed-race child. While I don't agree with some of the things she said, I have to commend her honesty.

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Re: OMFG!
« Reply #4 on: July 19, 2007, 09:29:14 PM »
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As for myself, there is an inescapable status issue to address. White women who have non-white children are stigmatised as 'Tracy Towerblocks' living on benefits, most of which they spend on lager and fags.

Oh dear.

Yes, that part was a little uncomfortable to read.

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Re: OMFG!
« Reply #5 on: July 19, 2007, 09:55:21 PM »
Since when have Indian races been "black" btw?
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Re: OMFG!
« Reply #6 on: July 19, 2007, 09:59:01 PM »
Didn't you know? Black = Not White :roll:

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Re: OMFG!
« Reply #7 on: July 19, 2007, 10:19:23 PM »
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Didn't you know? Black = Not White :roll:

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Does that include Chinamen?
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Re: OMFG!
« Reply #8 on: July 19, 2007, 10:26:39 PM »
Yes.

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Re: OMFG!
« Reply #9 on: July 19, 2007, 11:56:41 PM »
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I think that was a very honest description of a mother's concerns over raising a mixed-race child. While I don't agree with some of the things she said, I have to commend her honesty.


Think of the child for a second.  How do you think reading such an article would affect them?

Honesty or not, this is the kind of thing that would have better been discussed with family or a healthcare professional.  These are people who could help her deal with this apparent situation rather than broadcasting it to the world (and I gather making a bit of cash out of the deal too).

It's not the underlying racist tones that bother me about this article, it's the way she is talking about her own child and the possible consequences for her in the future.
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Re: OMFG!
« Reply #10 on: July 20, 2007, 09:23:39 AM »
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Yes.

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I hope you are taking the p!ss.
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Re: OMFG!
« Reply #11 on: July 20, 2007, 09:59:09 AM »
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I hope you are taking the p!ss.

Of course I am! I was playing up to the way she described her baby as "black" even though she is mixed Caucasian-Asian (or CaucAsian, if you will :-) )

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Re: OMFG!
« Reply #12 on: July 20, 2007, 10:02:23 AM »
@uncharted
Fair point, there are better ways to deal with these kind of uncertainties than writing an article about it. However, it might help other parents experiencing the same uncertainties surrounding their identity in a mixed-race family. I would hope that by the time the child is old enough to read (and understand the implications of) the article, the mother would have successfully resolved her own issues regarding the race of her child, and would be able to explain that those uncertainties and difficulties are temporary, and that the child is no less loved as a result of her race. If that is not the case, then there is something much more worrying occurring.

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Re: OMFG!
« Reply #13 on: July 20, 2007, 10:34:16 AM »
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I hope you are taking the p!ss.

Of course I am! I was playing up to the way she described her baby as "black" even though she is mixed Caucasian-Asian (or CaucAsian, if you will :-) )


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Re: OMFG!
« Reply #14 on: July 20, 2007, 08:08:29 PM »
Black, white, yellow, red, baaah! Treat them equally bad, I say!
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