Hmm. I've never thought of "articulate" as vague - maybe it's just the way it gets defined in my brain. When I call someone "articulate," I mean that they really have a damn good handle on their vocabulary - use precisely the right words to make their point. (Which, of course, for my poor grammar-ridden brain, is a huge deal.) "Articulate" to me is a staccato word - no wishy-washyness, no vaguery, but definite movement. I don't know if that makes any sense.
But really. I do think that the expectation of racism affects my attitude towards people of other races. I almost want to say the best solution would be to break it down even further. Stop saying "white, black, hispanic, native American" and start saying "Polish, Nigerian, Mexican, Abenaki." But then, not everybody knows. But if everybody said their exact origin, we would have a better understanding of everybody's diversity. After all, while my ex-roommate's family was struggling for freedom, my family was experiencing a potato famine*.
*No, I don't know when the potato famine happened, or if it coincided at all with the freeing of the slaves.
The Irish Potato Famine was 1845-1849, while the American Civil War was 1861-1865 (the Emancipation Proclamation was in 1863). So they're pretty close.
But really. I do think that the expectation of racism affects my attitude towards people of other races. I almost want to say the best solution would be to break it down even further. Stop saying "white, black, hispanic, native American" and start saying "Polish, Nigerian, Mexican, Abenaki." But then, not everybody knows. But if everybody said their exact origin, we would have a better understanding of everybody's diversity. After all, while my ex-roommate's family was struggling for freedom, my family was experiencing a potato famine*.
*No, I don't know when the potato famine happened, or if it coincided at all with the freeing of the slaves.
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By the way I'm madly in love with the brownness of your journal. I could never pull off brown. It doesn't match "Get the Grill."
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