Re: Racial diversity here and possible (probable maybe,even?) lack
Kayllie@aol.com
Wed, 12 Aug 1998 12:55:10 -0400 (EDT)
Tim - I loved Metropolitan too. In fact, all of Whit Stillman's movies are
great. And most of them do have characters that come from the same world as
Holden does.
Andrew - Thanks tons for clarifying. I'm sure you are quite right about the
racial diversity of this list. Somehow your skepticism made me feel excluded;
as if my presence on this list is invalidated because I'm not a WASP, but I'm
making it a goal in life to let stuff like that go because trying to correct
people's perceptions takes more time and energy that i'm willing to devote to
it.
However I cannot stop myself from saying something about "minorities" (a term
which may be politically correct, but which I find meaningless because a) It
lumps people of varying racial and ethnic backgrounds and cultures together
which is so ridiculous and b) If they are to be lumped together, it should at
least be acknowledged that they far outnumber the so-called "majority") and
JDS.
I'm not sure what high school your Aunt taught at or what her experiences
really were but I went a racially diverse high school in the Bronx and we were
taught 'Catcher' freshman year and it was universally loved. Also, every
single non-white person I've ever spoken to about JDS and who is familiar with
his work loves it. So this perception that "minorities" don't feel favorably
towards JDS really rings wrong with me and has not been my experience.
Peggy