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HelpRe: I don't see how this is at all racist...
in reply to a message by Starshine Gunslinger
What I meant is that Lesley didn't throw in bits like the ebonics ("The dash don't be silent") or the detail that the child lived in Detroit or wherever, as often gets thrown into the story.
And I basically said that because I didn't want Lesley to feel like I'm saying "Yes you are definitely being a racist for repeating this story". My aim with my "logic" was "This story is racist but I don't think Lesley is."
http://www.babynamewizard.com/archives/2009/10/ledasha-legends-and-race-part-one
from this article:
I am not saying that telling the story of Le-a, or Lemonjello and Oranjello, or Male and Female (that's MAH-lay and feh-MAH-lay, of course) makes you a racist. People of every color and background repeat the stories because they're clever and amusing. What I am saying is that as a group, the legend names have a context and meaning we shouldn't ignore. Or to put it another way, I haven't mentioned a word about Ledasha's race, but didn't you draw assumptions about it? And aren't those assumptions a key part of the story?
(Did you seriously compare chemo with an urban legend.)
(Also I'm not the first person to call this story racist on this board, but I sure am the first person I've seen getting called out on it. w00p.)
And I basically said that because I didn't want Lesley to feel like I'm saying "Yes you are definitely being a racist for repeating this story". My aim with my "logic" was "This story is racist but I don't think Lesley is."
http://www.babynamewizard.com/archives/2009/10/ledasha-legends-and-race-part-one
from this article:
I am not saying that telling the story of Le-a, or Lemonjello and Oranjello, or Male and Female (that's MAH-lay and feh-MAH-lay, of course) makes you a racist. People of every color and background repeat the stories because they're clever and amusing. What I am saying is that as a group, the legend names have a context and meaning we shouldn't ignore. Or to put it another way, I haven't mentioned a word about Ledasha's race, but didn't you draw assumptions about it? And aren't those assumptions a key part of the story?
(Did you seriously compare chemo with an urban legend.)
(Also I'm not the first person to call this story racist on this board, but I sure am the first person I've seen getting called out on it. w00p.)
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