[Mel W.]

So you heard one black student use a racist comment against a white student and now you want to know why all black parents don't teach their kids not to name call? Perhaps someone should teach you not to make sweeping generalizations like that. One person is not really representative of what a whole culture does. You probably just ran across a particularly rude and disrespectful kid, and as we all know, those exist in all cultures. FYI, I am black and my parents did teach me and all four of my siblings not to name call.

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[Mel W.]

Being a black woman who loves all kinds of people, I find your reply very disturbing. I don't see how being seen as idiot sex toys makes black women any less oppressed than black men, and I certainly don't see what that has to do with black men hating black women. Black women have had to be more resilient, more independent, and more creative than some of our white counterparts simply because many black men have interpreted our ambition and desire to succeed in life as a threat to their manhood. If black males hate black women for prevailing against all odds, then so be it. If a man defines himself by who he can control instead of who he really is, then I doubt any thinking woman--regardless of race--would want anything to do with him.

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[Mel W.]

As far as mainstream discrimination goes, most Christians have an easier time actually getting jobs than other groups, in my opinion. It's what happens after we get that job that counts as discrimination. I do think that Christians are discriminated against a lot by individuals. Many people who aren't Christians are just as angry and defensive towards Christians as Christians oftentimes are towards them. I personally have been spit upon by a pagan who had no problems with me until he found out my faith. Also, since it's considered much more favorable now to do things contrary to what is seen as traditional, many people won't even give Christians a decent chance to express opinions, assuming that all that Christians are is traditional/stodgy/hateful/insert disparaging adjective of choice.

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[Mel W.]

French gestures are practically a whole other language in their own right. There are a few that are essentially the same, like shrugging for 'I don't know...' However, the French gesture system applies pretty much throughout Europe, especially in parts of Italy. There's a very good site with videos of popular French gestures: http://babel.uoregon.edu/romance/rl407/gesture/frgest.html One thing not to do: make the thumb and first finger symbol that Americans use for 'okay'. That can be very offensive, meaning 'zero', or 'big fat nothing' to French people.

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[Mel W.]

For the same reasons people have allowed genocide to occur in countless places throughout history. The question you asked is far too general for anyone to give you a pat answer. Maybe you should look into why people allow genocide at all, let alone in Africa.

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[Mel W.]

I am a girl, and I don't hate Britney Spears. I don't think she can sing, and I don't like her taste in clothes, and I reject cheesy pop on principle anyway, but I do actually admire Spears in a way. She's taken what she can do - perform very well - and focused on that, using her flashy, skimpy clothes and less-than-cerebral public persona to distract from the fact that she can't sing and doesn't have very good songs written for her. That may not be right, but it is very smart, and if I could get away with it, I probably would.

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[Mel W.]

I am female, a college student and a freestyle wrestler. My view on being in a male-dominated sport is this: If I'm good at it and have fun, it doesn't matter which gender dominates the sport. I suppose it helps that wrestling is gaining more popularity among women, so I'm not in the same boat as a female boxer or hockey player, who are still in the extreme minority.

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[Mel W.]

Who says there aren't White Pride and White Miss America Awards? For years, that's exactly what The Miss America Paegant and others like it were. Competitions of that kind were founded at a time when segregation was the norm and competition and judging were a reflection of only mainstream white culture and its accompanying standards of excellence. Originally in order to be able to compete in pageants and competitions of excellence, Black americans have come up with our own variations, which are still in effect as a way to celebrate our own culture, along with its accompanying standards of beauty, accomplishment, etc. since they are still not being recognized in popular media except under the labels 'exotic', 'urban', and the like. I'm going to end this post with another question: Are there paegants and awards for other non-white ethnic groups? Are they held for the same reasons?

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[Mel W.]

Haven't you ever seen dreadlocks that are very long? The reason many black people don't have long hair, particularly women, is that many of the chemical processes used to make hair more manageable (mostly relaxers, which straighten hair) are potentially damaging to hair, causing breakage, etc. Non-chemically-treated hair is usually easier to manage short, but that varies from person to person. For a very thorough explanation of this, the website www.wanakee.com might help a little.

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[Mel W.]

The entire Y2K=Apocalypse idea is not really the viewpoint of most Christians. I personally do not think that an 'apocalypse' is any more or less likely to happen this year, so I did not make any special preparations for Y2K, and neither did any of the other Christians I know. However, most Christians do believe that eventually there will be a series of events, including political upheavals, wars, and maybe technological failures, etc, leading up to the return of Christ, which is what I guess your neighbor's pastor was expecting(and I agree with you, that was irresponsible of him to try to panic people like that), but once again, most Christians believe that this could happen at any time and that there is no way to prepare for this except to be Christian.

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[Mel W.]

Yes, Jesus Christ is the son of God. He is also God. So is the Holy Spirit. The way this makes sense to me(I don't know about anyone else) is that God(in general) is too big for people to deal with all at once, so He presents himself as several different parts(Jesus, Holy Spirit, and God) with slightly different functions(friend, guide, and major-big authority figure) in order for us to understand Him a little more easily. So while people may refer to God, the Holy Spirit, and Jesus Christ seperately, and for our intents and purposes they are seperate, underneath they're all the same God. Hope that makes a little sense.

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[Mel W.]

I have always stared because I love sign language and have been trying to learn it. By watching people sign, I'm learning more about signing, the way people learn Spanish or French by listening to it. Also, just as with some people learning French or Spanish, I don't feel very comfortable using the language around people who speak it fluently and prefer just to watch. Don't always assume that when a hearing person stares at you it's because they are thinking something negative or ignorant. They might just be watching and learning.

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[Mel W.]

I have also experienced extreme disillusionment with churches in general. I spent most of high school dedicating lots of time and service to my local church, only to become involved in what basically amounted to a lot of ugly politics, and to find that many of my co-workers felt the same way. They didn't leave, though, because they felt dedicated to the church. I did leave because the entire situation alerted me to the fact that many people depend more on the people within the church than God. Since nobody's perfect, that's bound to cause eventual problems. My course of action was to ignore the people and focus on my reason for going to church in the first place.

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