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[EarthNSky <erthnsky AT bellsouth.net>]

Marie McHarry wrote:
> I'm not Moon, but I'd probably say something like, The guys in the
> barn are talking about....

I suppose that works if all the guys in the barn are of the same group.
What works in a monoculture often does not work in a multiculture.

Bev



> On Fri, Nov 7, 2008 at 6:49 PM, EarthNSky <erthnsky AT bellsouth.net> wrote:
> > Moon, You said you had worked side by side with "unpapered Mexicans",
> > which to me sounds degrading, like they are dogs or something.  Are you
> > sure they were all Mexicans?  No Guatamalans or Salvadorans?  Let me
> > ask you this..
> > Say you are in a big barn full of race horses and you are working with
> > 'immigrants' who speak Spanish(how's that for unlabeling due to race?)
> > Suppose you hear a group of those immigrants talking about a horse who
> > appears to be doped.  When you go to tell the barn owner what you have
> > heard, what do you say?
> > A. I heard the Hispanics talking of doping allegations?
> > B. I heard the immigrants who speak Spanish talking of doping allegations.
> > C.  I heard people talking about doping allegations
> > D.  I heard that there are doping allegations.
> > E. I heard the aliens talking about doping allegations.
> > F. I heard unpapered Mexicans talking about doping allegations.
> > G. I heard the illegal immigrants talking about doping allegations.
> > H. None of the above.
> >
> > Now, if you choose C or D, the next question the owner asks you is going
> > to be 'what people?'.  If you choose G, that is threatening to the
> > owner.  If you choose E, the owner will call 911 for you.
> >   A seems most logical to me, but that would be labeling and
> > grouping-which you don't like, so perhaps you would say B.?  B just
> > seems awkward to me.
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