[Publib] Re: Whoopi is sitting at an OPAC in Bartonville, IL

[Karen Mahnk]

I think I can understand some of  Mark's POV. My married name draws
some to do great German accent imitations & mention of the Nazis; my
Italian maiden name always evoked Mafia conversation OR in some
Italian circles, derogatory comments about the heritage of Sicily,
where my father's family originated from. Comments about how "Japs"
weren't treated all that bad in US concentration camps evokes among
other things, memory of the sadness on my mothers face when she
explained to me how she was sent away to avoid the anti-Japanese
sentiment in the US.  Racism came not farther from my own family &
changed my life more than I could ever describe. Still, I have learned
that above all, we need to not take ourselves too seriously,
understand that racism is a generic shortfall of mankind that can & is
directed at all folks everywhere some time or another.      As a
"Heinz 57", I could probably be offended by more varieties of
"political incorrectness" than most but I would rather laugh - Through
laughter & levity ala  Cho, Mencia, Chappell & others, we see & revel
in how our uniqueness is bound in our sameness of how we celebrate the
mundane as well as the little oddities of life. Laughter is something
we all do the same (except maybe Fran Drescher ;-)
Karen Mahnk,
Reference Librarian
Lake Park Public Library
529 Park Avenue
Lake Park, Fl., 33403
561 881-3330 Fax: 561881-3336
kmahnk at lakeparkflorida.gov
www.lakepark-fl.gov


On 8/5/06, K.G. Schneider <kgs at bluehighways.com> wrote:
> > highlighting the drunken idiocy of one man, one night. Instead, he's
> > ignited
> > a wrath of the small-minded self-righteous.
>
> No, no, no, Mark-I'm not small-minded, just *small.* ;-)
>
> I don't think any "wrath" was "ignited" on PUBLIB. People shared their
> opinions. But so far in this discussion they have managed to do that without
> insulting one another. So let's try to keep the discussion along those
> lines.
>
> (Also, in response to your list of human characteristics-gay, anti-Semitic,
> etc.--I don't think people are biologically anti-Semitic; isn't it really a
> lifestyle choice? Gibson could change if he wanted to...)
>
> Cheers,
>
> Karen G. Schneider
> kgs at bluehighways.com
>
>
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