Posted by Fly at www-cache.spicers.net on June 05, 2003 at 08:23:58:
In Reply to: Re: ISCIMS or IST Poll do not be squeamish POLL posted by Steve Kilpatrick on June 05, 2003 at 07:24:01:
: 12> Racist, sexist, ageist, are you any of those? Would it bother you to see a 50
: year old black woman leading a 35 yr old white boy around?
I think sometimes I'm so put off by racism that it becomes a form of racism. If I'm overly sensitive to racial comments I feel that it means I'm trying too hard to block out poor conditioning (having been raised by a racist mother in Oak Cliff where I was beaten up routinely for being white).
Still, I've tried very hard to overcome this conditioning and my only fear is that I try too hard.
=This is a good answer steve!! i'm indian and it works both ways, my mum dosn't trust "the white people" at all!! so I do see the "trying too hard" bit a lot!!:)