Hmn. oops on me for being human, then. That's about all I can say to that first part. Mea culpa?
And actually, yeah I do think whites get the most shit. Even when looking for a different perspective, I rarely find it. By the same token, if you have places I cna go to look, I'd be happy to add that to the education I have.
to ne honest, I don't tink things like 'be polite, ask if you;re not sure if you're doing the right thing by a person from another culture (or volunteer some if you are that other person), and treating people like human beings is all that different between cultures. The particulars are, but there are just as many flying dicks as there are people who will sit down with you and explain what's what...if people bother. That doesn't need a classroom--just the willingness to sit down and talk to each other.
Consider, in addition, that your non-white colleagues have been wronged as well - they're being deprived of the opportunity to educate themselves because those executives assumed that only white people would need the manual.
...I think I did, in one of the other responses. Like I said, I think everyone should have to take the class...just like if they're going to cover other races, they should at least cover some sort of cultural differences for white folks. Again, I don't disagree with educating folks...just that it should be everyone and not just certain folks. Equality and equal and respectful treatment (which is supposedly what this would be for) doesn't work if it isn't done for everyone.
Anyway, thank you for being polite, by the way. ^^ I may or may not be out of my mind for how I feel (and how well or badly I put things), but thank you for truly being polite.
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Date: 2007-03-23 11:27 pm (UTC)And actually, yeah I do think whites get the most shit. Even when looking for a different perspective, I rarely find it. By the same token, if you have places I cna go to look, I'd be happy to add that to the education I have.
to ne honest, I don't tink things like 'be polite, ask if you;re not sure if you're doing the right thing by a person from another culture (or volunteer some if you are that other person), and treating people like human beings is all that different between cultures. The particulars are, but there are just as many flying dicks as there are people who will sit down with you and explain what's what...if people bother. That doesn't need a classroom--just the willingness to sit down and talk to each other.
Consider, in addition, that your non-white colleagues have been wronged as well - they're being deprived of the opportunity to educate themselves because those executives assumed that only white people would need the manual.
...I think I did, in one of the other responses. Like I said, I think everyone should have to take the class...just like if they're going to cover other races, they should at least cover some sort of cultural differences for white folks. Again, I don't disagree with educating folks...just that it should be everyone and not just certain folks. Equality and equal and respectful treatment (which is supposedly what this would be for) doesn't work if it isn't done for everyone.
Anyway, thank you for being polite, by the way. ^^ I may or may not be out of my mind for how I feel (and how well or badly I put things), but thank you for truly being polite.