tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7229875339727095184.post1427752615598748423..comments2024-03-18T15:17:26.003-05:00Comments on l'astronave: Social Work (Other-Race Effect, I)Frescahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15323129046492056942noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7229875339727095184.post-70581665312933453242017-07-27T15:37:00.769-05:002017-07-27T15:37:00.769-05:00Thanks for writing, everyone. I hope I've addr...Thanks for writing, everyone. I hope I've addressed these comments in the posts I wrote over the next (past) couple days.Frescahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15323129046492056942noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7229875339727095184.post-3602324043420569242017-07-25T03:04:56.505-05:002017-07-25T03:04:56.505-05:00Yes Michael, my Mum used to cycle through names wh...Yes Michael, my Mum used to cycle through names when we were children, including those of the budgie and the dog! I have three sons and frequently call them by the wrong name! my Mum never had that excuse as I have a brother and no sister. One thing that always strikes me as rascist about the US, is say I write a post about a castle in Europe. Some bloggers from the US will respond by saying they wished they lived somewhere with old history! I never do say anything, but the US does have the history of native Americans, the indiginous population who were there long before the Pilgrim Fathers turned up. Ignoring that history is weird to say the least. Muddling the names of co workers is not rascist, but thinking that it is if they are of color and not just because you don't know them all very well and ignoring that you don't yet recall the names of white workers, is. Does that make sense? Thought provoking post, thanks.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7229875339727095184.post-63818495896905683562017-07-24T14:51:46.869-05:002017-07-24T14:51:46.869-05:00There may be a detail that I'm not understandi...There may be a detail that I'm not understanding, but I too don't see racism as obviously involved in mixing up names. But — if some pale person were several months into a job and still mixing up the names of the only people of color in the workplace, that could suggest a problem.<br /><br />One of my grandmothers used to cycle through names until she found the right family member: “Jim, Michael, Brian.”Michael Leddyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05547732736861224886noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7229875339727095184.post-1564022935326051972017-07-22T20:24:10.239-05:002017-07-22T20:24:10.239-05:00I don't think that mistake means you are racis...I don't think that mistake means you are racist. I think it means you mixed up names. I also think, though, that blogging about how you view what happened, analyzing the degree to which you might be race-conscious (different from racist) as a result of this innocent mistake says a lot about your thoughtfulness, compassion and sensitivity to the feelings of others.<br /><br />Wait until you get to be 70! That's when you mix up EVERYbody's names, then stare at them blankly trying to remember not only their name, but to whom the name truly belonged!The Crowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04846997590157958766noreply@blogger.com