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Has anyone ever had comments regarding your nationality made by patients?

race is a very real issue.

leslie

Leslie - it's the 21st century!! It's time for it to stop. The color of a person's skin is just that - a COLOR! My husband and I both are considered 'white' but his skin is much darker than mine - so what's the deal?

A few years some ignorant girl asked one of my son's "Who was that Mexican I saw you with?" My brother, he tells her!!:rolleyes:

And for those who think we're SO special and 'modern' because we have a black granddaughter - sbbbt to them - she's the special one, have they noticed how pretty she is, or how brilliant she is?

All people are different colors and it's an issue because WE keep making it an issue. I consider the values a person holds and the way they conduct their life to be far more important than the shading of their skin.

Let me explain this in another way - I took my first serious job in the 60's, a time when it was considered :no:unacceptable:no: for women to wear pants in the workplace. If a woman wasn't a teacher or nurse, she was probably a clerk or secretary - it was rare for a woman to rise above being a low-level executive.

Things have changed greatly in the ensuing years - my granddaughter graduated from basic training in the army and is going to training to fly drone aircraft, a specialty that requires a lot of brainpower to get in to.

There have been men thru the years that have wanted to hold me back - but I worked around them, and accomplished what I wanted. And I no longer HAVE to deal with sexism as it existed in the 60's. There will ALWAYS be sexists, but THEY DON'T MATTER TO ME. They are unimportant in my world.

We need to do the same with racism.

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thanks, bandit.

and of course i agree with everything you said.

it's unfortunate that many do not ascribe to the same ideals.

therefore, it very much remains an issue, much to my dismay.

leslie

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thanks, bandit.

and of course i agree with everything you said.

it's unfortunate that many do not ascribe to the same ideals.

therefore, it very much remains an issue, much to my dismay.

leslie

Then leslie, what we all have to do is work around it, until it no longer matters!

I can think of a couple of black doctors that I know - I would bet in their earlier years they had to put up with a lot of racist attitudes - more so than today.

But today they are important men, they can have their pick of patients.

They learned that, while life isn't perfect, and conditions aren't always going to be ideal, in the end, they succeeded, and made their lives as they wanted.:)

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I too am offended by chivalry. And I hate the word panties. Eeech. High five.

Wow! I guess it's kinda neat how different we all are. I say that because I get offended if I am treated WITHOUT chivalry (when it is appropriate). I love to be treated like a lady (but a lady who's down to earth).

I'm curious...what chivalrous act do you hate the most and why?

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dark complexion, monolingual, a guy once said he thought i was lying to him when i said i didn't speak spanish

'WHY WOULD I LIE TO YOU'

he just shrugged his shoulders

you have to expect some people to be stupid

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I too am offended by chivalry. And I hate the word panties. Eeech. High five.

I'm astounded that someone would be offended by a man holding a door open for her.

Me, I'm just glad when someone doesn't let it slam in my face.

And I wear panties because my husband wears jockey shorts (and thank God for that) :) .

Sorry - not trying to start an argument here, but I'm just sitting here in awe and wonder...

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And then Obama has to come in and create a little fire with his comment about the 'typical white person'. WTH?!! Let's just keep this racial BS swirling so that we forget to pay any attention to any of the real issues!

Perhaps one could start a debate about the typical idiot running for president? Just a suggestion.

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Consider the source and whether or not you really value that person's opinion before you allow yourself to be hurt by something they say.

Who was it (aside from being someone who was obviously quite insightful) who said something like, "no one can make you feel inferior without your own consent"?

We can't control what people SAY, and we can't always change the way they THINK, but we can certainly control how we choose to FEEL about it.

I'm white and have been called some unflattering things by people of color to my face, and I usually just assume they are uneducated and lacking in basic deportment skills. You'd HAVE to be that way to say some of the stupid things I've heard. Usually, I laugh it off and find I really just pity them. How sad to live with such big blinders and be raised in a vacuum bottle!

Right now I'm waiting to get blasted for saying "people of color"...having lived all over the country and around the world, I can't possibly list every race I've ever encountered, so have a heart and give me a bit of a break.

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we can't control what people say, and we can't always change the way they think, but we can certainly control how we choose to feel about it.

:yeahthat:

right now i'm waiting to get blasted for saying "people of color"...having lived all over the country and around the world, i can't possibly list every race i've ever encountered, so have a heart and give me a bit of a break.

perhaps "people of color" could better be called "people of different ethnicities"? i certainly would hope you would not get blasted for your words. colors are just colors, red and yellow, black and white, all are precious in his sight. i believe that's how it goes.

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red and yellow, black and white, all are precious in his sight. i believe that's how it goes. [/size]

hey...

isn't that part of a song???

is it from "everything is beautiful" by ray stevens (?).

"everything is beauuuuuuu-ti-ful,

in its own waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay."

remember that song?

leslie:)

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hey...

isn't that part of a song???

is it from "everything is beautiful" by ray stevens (?).

"everything is beauuuuuuu-ti-ful,

in its own waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay."

remember that song?

leslie:)

hi ya leslie! yes i remember that song however that's not the one... it's "jesus loves all the little children"

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... It's "Jesus loves all the little children"

"red and yellow, black and white

they are precious in His sight.

Jesus loves the little children of the world."

piano (boom, boom, boom, boom, boom)

"everything is beauuuuuuuuuu-ti-ful.,

in its own waaaaaaaaaay."

heh.

leslie

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