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I have found that older people tend to be embarassed by their lack of skills as they age. Most are very happy to accept help IF it is offered in a respectful way. If I see someone having trouble getting groceries out of their cart into their car, I just smile and say, Hi! Let me give you a hand! If you say, you are having trouble and I must help you, it seems like it’s talking down to them. It’s that crazy r-e-s-p-e-c-t thing again!
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Name : Anita, Gender : Female, Sexual Orientation : Straight, Race : White/Caucasian, Age : 49, City : Indianapolis, State : IN, Country : United States, Education level : High School Diploma, Social class : Middle class,Jane, I think starting in the 1960s (with black civil rights) and 1970s with the mini-series Roots, people of all ethnicities became more aware of their family heritage – especially as the US became more mobile and people didn’t stay in the same ethnic neighborhoods in which they had grown up. As people spread out more, they had to make a conscious choice to stay connected to their roots, and thus ethnic pride and focus became more prevalent. However, I honestly believe it has added to more gang-like activity, as pride can be taken to a whole new level when one begins to exclude others instead of including them. People probably don’t understand why you aren’t expressing that sense of heritage pride that we tend to see, and those with that heritage feel you are not ‘with the prog
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Name : Anita, Gender : Female, Sexual Orientation : Straight, Race : White/Caucasian, Age : 49, City : Indianapolis, State : IN, Country : United States, Education level : High School Diploma, Social class : Middle class,Jesse, who do you think want to keep poor people poor? That’s a pretty broad statement, without explaining the background of your assumption. I can’t imagine why anyone wouldn’t want to better another human’s situation.
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Name : Anita, Gender : Female, Sexual Orientation : Straight, Race : White/Caucasian, Age : 49, City : Indianapolis, State : IN, Country : United States, Education level : High School Diploma, Social class : Middle class,Can’t say I’ve noticed either, David! I know ‘women drivers’ have been put down from the beginning of the car, as it was a male-dominated thing. Women often have more responsibilities while in the car, with children being taxied about. As for Asians … I’ve never heard this comment, nor noticed it.
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Name : Anita, Gender : Female, Sexual Orientation : Straight, Race : White/Caucasian, Age : 49, City : Indianapolis, State : IN, Country : United States, Education level : High School Diploma, Social class : Middle class,I was named for my Mom (first and middle name), and it turned out to be a headache! I was quickly given a nickname with in my family’s circle of friends, however throughout school, I was Anne (my Mom’s name). I again took my nickname when my Mom and I worked at the same business, however my legal name stayed the same. At one point, we lived at the same address, worked at the same business and had the same name (although I was called something else), so when we checked out our credit history, my Mom had 2 of every credit card, and I had no credit history! I would never do it to my kid, boy or girl. As to why girls aren’t Jr. I just don’t know!
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Name : Anita, Gender : Female, Sexual Orientation : Straight, Race : White/Caucasian, Age : 49, City : Indianapolis, State : IN, Country : United States, Education level : High School Diploma, Social class : Middle class,Samlyn, I don’t have a clue what you are asking! Could you try rephrasing it? Thanks!
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Name : Anita, Gender : Female, Sexual Orientation : Straight, Race : White/Caucasian, Age : 49, City : Indianapolis, State : IN, Country : United States, Education level : High School Diploma, Social class : Middle class,I can’t believe your reply Frank. What a great impression you leave of yourself – NOT. I would say that, in societal groups that have great difficulties thrust upon them (in this case, slavery), the larger size indicates a certain amount of prosperity (having enough food to cause weight gain), and thus being attractive. Yes, I know I’m reaching in to anthropological and historical explanations, but remembering our past is our future!
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Name : Anita, Gender : Female, Sexual Orientation : Straight, Race : White/Caucasian, Age : 49, City : Indianapolis, State : IN, Country : United States, Education level : High School Diploma, Social class : Middle class,Amber, it would be wise for you to research something prior to making comments that don’t make sense. Mitochondrial Adam & Eve are not a part of religious discussion, but of anthropological and genetic sciences. Take a look at this article, and, if you find it interesting, read more about it! It’s facinating stuff, sister! LOL! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mitochondrial_Eve
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Name : Anita, Gender : Female, Sexual Orientation : Straight, Race : White/Caucasian, Age : 49, City : Indianapolis, State : IN, Country : United States, Education level : High School Diploma, Social class : Middle class,I would think the most important point is that, if someone doesn’t want to be there and is drafted, they pose more of a threat to the safety of him/herself and others. It seems like being in the military is just as much mental as it is physical, and they need people there for the right reasons. (watch MASH on TV and note Corporal Klinger! LOL!) This is NOT to say that drafted soldiers cannot make amazing soldiers, as we have seen in the past (Civil War, WWI, WWII, Korea, VietNam) … however, I maintain that it is, on the whole, a lot better to be counting on someone that made the decision to be there!
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Name : Anita, Gender : Female, Sexual Orientation : Straight, Race : White/Caucasian, Age : 49, City : Indianapolis, State : IN, Country : United States, Education level : High School Diploma, Social class : Middle class,Are you able to Google or use other search engines?! http://webspace.ship.edu/cgboer/maslow.html
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Name : Anita, Gender : Female, Sexual Orientation : Straight, Race : White/Caucasian, Age : 49, City : Indianapolis, State : IN, Country : United States, Education level : High School Diploma, Social class : Middle class,I guess the question is, when did your ancestors come to Ireland, Panama and the US? If it was prior to the early 1900s, they likely were originally from Africa and were transported as slaves and/or at least ‘lowly’ servants. If it was after the turn-of-the-century, they possibly could have come to any of the three as a free person. Or, are you thinking that they were already in these three countries, but not going back enough generations in your head to realize that the first black person in your history had to have come from Africa at some point?
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Name : Anita, Gender : Female, Sexual Orientation : Straight, Race : White/Caucasian, Age : 49, City : Indianapolis, State : IN, Country : United States, Education level : High School Diploma, Social class : Middle class,I think of upper-middle class as based on income. Teachers in the US (in general) are under paid, and would be considered to be middle class (I’m talking about public school elementary and high school teachers). Perhaps the people to whom you refer think of class as an educated (or lack thereof) issue, in which case they may think of themselves above others due to their training. I think teachers are awesome!
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Name : Anita, Gender : Female, Sexual Orientation : Straight, Race : White/Caucasian, Age : 49, City : Indianapolis, State : IN, Country : United States, Education level : High School Diploma, Social class : Middle class,NO! Weekends and a kiss good-night are NOT enough! A girl needs her Dad just as much as a boy does. Children of both genders need a male and female influence in their lives. A girl learns what she does (and doesn’t) want out of a man and how she can and should be treated by a man from her Dad. My Dad was often on business from before school until evening, and when he did see me, he was tired and/or stressed, or I was on my way to bed. On the flip-side, if you do only see a child on the weekends, you can’t just be their ‘friend’ … they still need a real father, not a buddy.
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Name : Anita, Gender : Female, Sexual Orientation : Straight, Race : White/Caucasian, Age : 49, City : Indianapolis, State : IN, Country : United States, Education level : High School Diploma, Social class : Middle class,I don’t know if you can say it is ONLY black men, as it is more associated with hip-hop culture, and that has spread far out of the black community. At the high school that my son was graduated, there were numerous white and Latino kids who wore it this way, too, as they were in that culture.
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Name : Anita, Gender : Female, Sexual Orientation : Straight, Race : White/Caucasian, Age : 49, City : Indianapolis, State : IN, Country : United States, Education level : High School Diploma, Social class : Middle class,I think the great majority of people DO consider it murder, however, there is the fact that a woman will have to contend with another life which she will be responsible for, if she carries the baby to term. There are MANY reasons that one might chose an abortion, and it’s hard to understand unless you, yourself have been in that position. Law-wise, I think that we can’t go back to pre-Roe v Wade, as women have had, and will continue to have, abortions from the beginning until the end of time. If it was considered murder by the law, and made illegal again, women will still have them in dangerous, un-sterile and unsafe conditions, placing her life at greater risk.
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Name : Anita, Gender : Female, Sexual Orientation : Straight, Race : White/Caucasian, Age : 49, City : Indianapolis, State : IN, Country : United States, Education level : High School Diploma, Social class : Middle class,
