There is a cerain little place that the Longhair and I frequent on a regular basis - not quite as dark and dingy as the Cheers bar but certainly, like Norm in Cheers, is a place where everyone knows your name and, more importantly, a place where your favourite tipple is waiting for you with TWO frosted glasses as you walk in. As passionate supporters of all things local the Longhair and I endeavour to drink hyper local tipple and the Fanta Brown Quarts from SAB in Perserverance are as local … [Read more...] about Club Members Rally Around Whitey
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Hey Whitey, Lose the Racist Tone
During social and more so during employer/employee occasions there is one thing that makes me cringe with embarrassment - when white people talk to people of colour and actually change their accent to 'approximate' their idea of the accent of the person being spoken to. I find this form of 'talking down' to another person most condescending and I squirm with indignant embarrassment whenever it occurs. One feels that this 'racist tone' is used by the person speaking in order to further draw … [Read more...] about Hey Whitey, Lose the Racist Tone
