tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5325768748891153243.post7261986745782363284..comments2023-11-03T05:46:06.038-07:00Comments on Michigoose's gander at quilts & life: Prejudice Rears its Ugly HeadAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15140675211931598431noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5325768748891153243.post-66488802745295653242009-07-10T11:11:15.986-07:002009-07-10T11:11:15.986-07:00What is that expression, "Fools go where ange...What is that expression, "Fools go where angels fear to tread?" <br /><br />I suppose part of bringing it up is that there were two issues (the news and the conversation at the pool) relatively close together. <br /><br />However, certainly the Civil Rights movement of the 1960s and 1970s has made great impact. I doubt if these kids would even have been talking about it before then.<br /><br />Of course, the U.S. is a pretty neat place where such a mixed bag of kids and backgrounds can hang around a swimming pool and openly discuss this. With this, there is hope that on some day in the future this discussion wouldn't ever occur.<br /><br />LisaAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15140675211931598431noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5325768748891153243.post-10425343305022838192009-07-10T09:38:16.872-07:002009-07-10T09:38:16.872-07:00Bravo! Lisa, you've opened up a topic that mos...Bravo! Lisa, you've opened up a topic that most people are not comfortable discussing.Like it or not, prejudices exist and so does discrimination.<br />i think its because people seem to like putting those they meet into little mental boxes, neatly labelled with race / region/ gender. You know... female = scatter-brain, volatile, suspicious, etc., etc.<br />Your daughter's Indian friend comes across racial discrimination in another country; there's plenty of discriminatin in India too.Between people from different states, faiths, castes and even weirdest of all, between those of different skin colours!Sunita Mohan https://www.blogger.com/profile/16395671437601246093noreply@blogger.com