tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2212741399857110313.post2476268038038190900..comments2024-03-11T11:13:12.066-05:00Comments on Homeschool and Etc.: Does it Matter What We Call a Rose?Happy Elf Mom (Christine)http://www.blogger.com/profile/15047347624037697311noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2212741399857110313.post-22745095102885734592008-06-11T16:59:00.000-05:002008-06-11T16:59:00.000-05:00I was considering doing a post about a radio show ...I was considering doing a post about a radio show I heard where a number of callers said Obama is the anti-Christ. How's that for asking for it? I'm pretty sure I'm not going to. <BR/><BR/>Totally unrelated question, why do you use European spellings like "colour" and "behaviour"?Catherine R.https://www.blogger.com/profile/17270456247724661532noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2212741399857110313.post-16670640798367093852008-06-11T16:56:00.000-05:002008-06-11T16:56:00.000-05:00I think this is a very honest post you've made, br...I think this is a very honest post you've made, bringing up some excellent questions.<BR/><BR/>You mention that in your mind, "white + any color = not white any more." <BR/><BR/>I would just like to point out that this viewpoint (regardless of race or color) is probably held by the majority of the world. Many others around the world are equally feeling the same things about their own races. For example, many Japanese people would say exactly the same, "Japanese + any other color = not Japanese any more."<BR/><BR/>We think it's only white people with this view, but it's not. <BR/><BR/>I think what causes these viewpoints is that people are AFRAID. I still lived in Colorado during the 1980's when the "English-only" movement was strong. I was in favor of it. (And I would still be in favor of it, but for different reasons.) Having lived in a multi-lingual/multi-racial culture now for almost 17 years, I can now see both sides. I understand the fear that people have in these issues, but I now feel most of these fears are unfounded.<BR/><BR/>People are more the same than different, the world over. What is different is the CULTURES. What people are afraid of in Obama is that they feel anyone who is not 100 percent white will not THINK/FEEL/ACT/MAKE DECISiONS LIKE a 100 percent white person. But they forget that if you have two opposing 100 percent white candidates, the difference can be just as great (Gore/Bush, McCain/Clinton).<BR/><BR/>Best regards,<BR/>Eileen<BR/>Dedicated Elementary Teacher Overseas<BR/>elementaryteacher.wordpress.comUnknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04327828667049795484noreply@blogger.com