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April 17, 2009 at 12:10 PM #383705April 17, 2009 at 1:10 PM #383128
Allan from Fallbrook
Participant[quote=CardiffBaseball]After our LL game last night the kids all wanted to play “Smear the Queer.”
I had to point out to them that they should really consider changing the name in this day and age. They of course looked at me like I was an idiot. One said what would you call it. I said “How about gang tackle the guy with the ball”, and another said “that’s gay”. So I guess the game’s original name will survive at least one more generation.[/quote]
Cardiff: Fallbrook has a very interesting mix of demographics, both social and monetary. The youth football teams I coach have a mix of wealthy, middle class and poor kids, as well as whites, Mexicans, blacks and Indians (Native American, sorry). These kids all get along with one another, regardless of ethnicity or class, and there are NO issues regarding race. They freely joke with one another about each other’s race, but it’s in fun and generally is done because it horrifies the PC parents (and there are many).
The racial issues don’t really emerge until high school and, unfortunately, it is bad, especially at Fallbrook HS.
Kids really don’t seem to care all that much and deal with these things with greater ease and aplomb than their parents do.
April 17, 2009 at 1:10 PM #383395Participant[quote=CardiffBaseball]After our LL game last night the kids all wanted to play “Smear the Queer.”
I had to point out to them that they should really consider changing the name in this day and age. They of course looked at me like I was an idiot. One said what would you call it. I said “How about gang tackle the guy with the ball”, and another said “that’s gay”. So I guess the game’s original name will survive at least one more generation.[/quote]
Cardiff: Fallbrook has a very interesting mix of demographics, both social and monetary. The youth football teams I coach have a mix of wealthy, middle class and poor kids, as well as whites, Mexicans, blacks and Indians (Native American, sorry). These kids all get along with one another, regardless of ethnicity or class, and there are NO issues regarding race. They freely joke with one another about each other’s race, but it’s in fun and generally is done because it horrifies the PC parents (and there are many).
The racial issues don’t really emerge until high school and, unfortunately, it is bad, especially at Fallbrook HS.
Kids really don’t seem to care all that much and deal with these things with greater ease and aplomb than their parents do.
April 17, 2009 at 1:10 PM #383585Participant[quote=CardiffBaseball]After our LL game last night the kids all wanted to play “Smear the Queer.”
I had to point out to them that they should really consider changing the name in this day and age. They of course looked at me like I was an idiot. One said what would you call it. I said “How about gang tackle the guy with the ball”, and another said “that’s gay”. So I guess the game’s original name will survive at least one more generation.[/quote]
Cardiff: Fallbrook has a very interesting mix of demographics, both social and monetary. The youth football teams I coach have a mix of wealthy, middle class and poor kids, as well as whites, Mexicans, blacks and Indians (Native American, sorry). These kids all get along with one another, regardless of ethnicity or class, and there are NO issues regarding race. They freely joke with one another about each other’s race, but it’s in fun and generally is done because it horrifies the PC parents (and there are many).
The racial issues don’t really emerge until high school and, unfortunately, it is bad, especially at Fallbrook HS.
Kids really don’t seem to care all that much and deal with these things with greater ease and aplomb than their parents do.
April 17, 2009 at 1:10 PM #383632Participant[quote=CardiffBaseball]After our LL game last night the kids all wanted to play “Smear the Queer.”
I had to point out to them that they should really consider changing the name in this day and age. They of course looked at me like I was an idiot. One said what would you call it. I said “How about gang tackle the guy with the ball”, and another said “that’s gay”. So I guess the game’s original name will survive at least one more generation.[/quote]
Cardiff: Fallbrook has a very interesting mix of demographics, both social and monetary. The youth football teams I coach have a mix of wealthy, middle class and poor kids, as well as whites, Mexicans, blacks and Indians (Native American, sorry). These kids all get along with one another, regardless of ethnicity or class, and there are NO issues regarding race. They freely joke with one another about each other’s race, but it’s in fun and generally is done because it horrifies the PC parents (and there are many).
The racial issues don’t really emerge until high school and, unfortunately, it is bad, especially at Fallbrook HS.
Kids really don’t seem to care all that much and deal with these things with greater ease and aplomb than their parents do.
April 17, 2009 at 1:10 PM #383764Participant[quote=CardiffBaseball]After our LL game last night the kids all wanted to play “Smear the Queer.”
I had to point out to them that they should really consider changing the name in this day and age. They of course looked at me like I was an idiot. One said what would you call it. I said “How about gang tackle the guy with the ball”, and another said “that’s gay”. So I guess the game’s original name will survive at least one more generation.[/quote]
Cardiff: Fallbrook has a very interesting mix of demographics, both social and monetary. The youth football teams I coach have a mix of wealthy, middle class and poor kids, as well as whites, Mexicans, blacks and Indians (Native American, sorry). These kids all get along with one another, regardless of ethnicity or class, and there are NO issues regarding race. They freely joke with one another about each other’s race, but it’s in fun and generally is done because it horrifies the PC parents (and there are many).
The racial issues don’t really emerge until high school and, unfortunately, it is bad, especially at Fallbrook HS.
Kids really don’t seem to care all that much and deal with these things with greater ease and aplomb than their parents do.
April 17, 2009 at 1:13 PM #383148ParticipantAfx: I had a couple of Mexican girlfriends when I was a teenager and was generally referred to by them and their families as “Anglo”.
I also noticed the ease with which my presence was accepted and with no false attempts to make me feel “welcome”. The sense of being welcome was genuine and unforced.
On the other hand, I’d watch white parents (including my own) fall all over themselves to be “welcoming” to someone of color and it was generally pretty embarrassing.
April 17, 2009 at 1:13 PM #383414ParticipantAfx: I had a couple of Mexican girlfriends when I was a teenager and was generally referred to by them and their families as “Anglo”.
I also noticed the ease with which my presence was accepted and with no false attempts to make me feel “welcome”. The sense of being welcome was genuine and unforced.
On the other hand, I’d watch white parents (including my own) fall all over themselves to be “welcoming” to someone of color and it was generally pretty embarrassing.
April 17, 2009 at 1:13 PM #383605ParticipantAfx: I had a couple of Mexican girlfriends when I was a teenager and was generally referred to by them and their families as “Anglo”.
I also noticed the ease with which my presence was accepted and with no false attempts to make me feel “welcome”. The sense of being welcome was genuine and unforced.
On the other hand, I’d watch white parents (including my own) fall all over themselves to be “welcoming” to someone of color and it was generally pretty embarrassing.
April 17, 2009 at 1:13 PM #383651ParticipantAfx: I had a couple of Mexican girlfriends when I was a teenager and was generally referred to by them and their families as “Anglo”.
I also noticed the ease with which my presence was accepted and with no false attempts to make me feel “welcome”. The sense of being welcome was genuine and unforced.
On the other hand, I’d watch white parents (including my own) fall all over themselves to be “welcoming” to someone of color and it was generally pretty embarrassing.
April 17, 2009 at 1:13 PM #383784ParticipantAfx: I had a couple of Mexican girlfriends when I was a teenager and was generally referred to by them and their families as “Anglo”.
I also noticed the ease with which my presence was accepted and with no false attempts to make me feel “welcome”. The sense of being welcome was genuine and unforced.
On the other hand, I’d watch white parents (including my own) fall all over themselves to be “welcoming” to someone of color and it was generally pretty embarrassing.
April 17, 2009 at 1:18 PM #383157felix
ParticipantObama’s recent embarrassing moments overseas have made me question his intelligence.
How anyone can’t remember, Liberté, egalité, fraternité — especially when it’s the theme of the speech is mind boggling. I used to think Obama was reasonably bright but I now I think he is a product of affirmative action whose only talent is that he can read a teleprompter well and deliver vapid speeches well. Folks in the crowd were laughing at Obama.
http://www.obamasgaffes.blogspot.com/
And contrary to the propaganda of us now having a “respected” leader, President Sarkozy of French, in private, doesn’t think much of him at all.
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/world_agenda/article6098836.ece
April 17, 2009 at 1:18 PM #383424ParticipantObama’s recent embarrassing moments overseas have made me question his intelligence.
How anyone can’t remember, Liberté, egalité, fraternité — especially when it’s the theme of the speech is mind boggling. I used to think Obama was reasonably bright but I now I think he is a product of affirmative action whose only talent is that he can read a teleprompter well and deliver vapid speeches well. Folks in the crowd were laughing at Obama.
http://www.obamasgaffes.blogspot.com/
And contrary to the propaganda of us now having a “respected” leader, President Sarkozy of French, in private, doesn’t think much of him at all.
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/world_agenda/article6098836.ece
April 17, 2009 at 1:18 PM #383615ParticipantObama’s recent embarrassing moments overseas have made me question his intelligence.
How anyone can’t remember, Liberté, egalité, fraternité — especially when it’s the theme of the speech is mind boggling. I used to think Obama was reasonably bright but I now I think he is a product of affirmative action whose only talent is that he can read a teleprompter well and deliver vapid speeches well. Folks in the crowd were laughing at Obama.
http://www.obamasgaffes.blogspot.com/
And contrary to the propaganda of us now having a “respected” leader, President Sarkozy of French, in private, doesn’t think much of him at all.
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/world_agenda/article6098836.ece
April 17, 2009 at 1:18 PM #383661ParticipantObama’s recent embarrassing moments overseas have made me question his intelligence.
How anyone can’t remember, Liberté, egalité, fraternité — especially when it’s the theme of the speech is mind boggling. I used to think Obama was reasonably bright but I now I think he is a product of affirmative action whose only talent is that he can read a teleprompter well and deliver vapid speeches well. Folks in the crowd were laughing at Obama.
http://www.obamasgaffes.blogspot.com/
And contrary to the propaganda of us now having a “respected” leader, President Sarkozy of French, in private, doesn’t think much of him at all.
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/world_agenda/article6098836.ece
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