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- July 16, 1999 at 12:00 am #9972
KEVINMemberHOW TO LABEL IS YOUR QUESTION LUCY R..FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND,YOUR OBSERVATIONS HAVE OBSERVED SCRIPTS THAT ARE SIGNS OF OR INDICATE THE SIGNIFIGANCE OF RACE/ETHNICITY.THE SCRIPTS YOU HAVE READ HAVE DESCRIBED(CORRECT ME IF I’M WRONG(THAT’S IMPORTANT))A CHARACTER’S RACE,ONLY WHEN THE INDIVIDUAL CHARACTER IS NOT CAUCASIAN.I THINK THAT THIS MEANS THAT THE REAL INDIVIDUAL WRITER ‘ENVISIONS’ HIS ‘IMAGINARY CREATION'(THE SCRIPT)TO BE A MAJORILIY CAUCASIAN ‘WORLD’. WHERE ARE THE WRITER’S FROM?ARE THEY CAUCASIAN?DO NON-CAUCASIAN(AS YOUR QUESTION IS ASKING)WRITER’S DESCRIBE THE ETHNICITY OF A CHARACTER ONLY WHEN THE INDIVIDUAL CHARACTER IS NON-CAUCASIAN?SO;HOW TO LABEL(AFTER READING THE QUESTION)A NON-CAUCASIAN?IS THAT YOUR QUESTION?WHAT ABOUT HOW TO LABEL A NON-BLACK?WHAT ABOUT HOW TO LABEL A NON-ASIAN?DO BLACK AFRICAN WRITERS ASK THEMSELVES THIS QUESTION?IT SHOULD DEPEND ON WHERE YOU ARE IN THE WORLD.WHERE YOU’RE FROM.YOUR PERSPECTIVE ON LIFE.WHILE YOU LIVE WHAT CULTURES DO YOU SEE.YOU SHOULD SEE ALL OF THEM AND ALL OF THEM SHOULD SEE ALL THE OTHER ONES.LABEL MEANS AN ATTACHEMENT TO AN OBJECT TO GIVE INFORMATION ABOUT IT.I KNOW BECAUSE I JUST LOOKED IT UP IN THE DICTIONARY.WHY NOT GIVE INFO ABOUT THE ‘WORLD’ THAT YOU CREATE(WHAT CULTURES ARE IN THE AREA WITHIN THE SCRIPT)AND GIVE QUICK REFERENCE TO CULTURE THROUGHOUT THE SCRIPT JUST AS IT IS.IT DOESN’T HAVE TO BE STRESSED THAT A CULTURE IS NOT ANOTHER CULTURE.ANYWHERE.UNLESS IT MEANS SOMETHING,YOU KNOW,PERPETUALY(I LOOKED THIS ONE UP TOO(AS WELL))LABELING A RACE/CULTURE/ETHNICITY AS NOT BEING ANOTHER CAN ONLY REINFORCE MISUNDERSTANDING.NOBODY REALLY HATES.IT’S JUST CAUSED BY MISUNDERSTANDING.YOU’RE IN MEDIA.YOU COME (BETWEEN) YOURSELF AND PEOPLE WHO(I GUESS FIRST OF ALL WHO READ THE SCRIPT);THE PEOPLE WHO RECEIVE THE DECRIPTION OF RACE/ETHNICITY AND CULTURE.I’M GOING TO LOOK THESE ONES UP AS WELL.AND BELIEVE IN GOD.IF YOU HAVE TO START OFF AGNOSTICALLY.OK,BYE.
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Name : KEVIN, Gender : M, Sexual Orientation : Straight, Race : White/Caucasian, Age : 23, City : MONTREAL, State : NY, Country : Canada, Occupation : COMPUTER PROGRAMMING STUDENT, Education level : Technical School, - AuthorPosts
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