Oh, I was talking about in the context of being the target of racism and ableism. As for signing, she signs into my palm. I can see some colors up close but I can't see well enough to understand signing visually, even with high contrast.
Interracial Couple Refused Marriage License in La.
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Oh, I was talking about in the context of being the target of racism and ableism. As for signing, she signs into my palm. I can see some colors up close but I can't see well enough to understand signing visually, even with high contrast.
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Heh... A lot of people treat blind people as beggars because a lot of them can't afford nice-looking clothes up here, and without assistance, some of them can't really mix and match all that well-- so unfortunately some of the blind people get treated the same as the "Crazy jesus Guy" based on how they dress.
I have took a few of them out shopping before. Same thing with people who are on income and are in wheel-chairs. Deaf people, I don't know... could never really tell if someone is hearing or deaf unless they sign.
"Abled" people on low income can get away with neglecting themselves, however for "disabled" people on low income, dressing like a bum is an undeserved double-whammy for them.
At least that is how I interpreted your posts. You try to dress yourself so that you don't look like your non-existent supposed "caretaker" neglected you, which is somehow associated with people on disability welfare.
Right, that's about what it is. I try not to add to the reasons why people judge me till their brains fall out.
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Right, that's about what it is. I try not to add to the reasons why people judge me till their brains fall out.
Right-o. I had a few people tell me they never thought I was blind, and that my behaviours were just because I was "erratic," because the blind kids in their school always dressed badly.
Go figures... all I wear is just nice black or khaki pants, a dress-shirt... sometimes I would go with a black Chuck Taylors Con\verse or (Kick Airwalk, which are cheaper reproductions of the Chucks) or jump boots; and skinny tie or a motorcross jacket (as an accessory.) All of this along with Canadian Navy surplus peacoat during the winter.
I only recently started dabbling in hats.
Right-o. I had a few people tell me they never thought I was blind, and that my behaviours were just because I was "erratic," because the blind kids in their school always dressed badly.
Go figures... all I wear is just nice black or khaki pants, a dress-shirt... sometimes I would go with a Chuck Taylors Con\verse or (Kick Airwalk) or jump boots; and skinny tie or a motorcross jacket (as an accessory.) All of this along with Canadian Navy surplus peacoat during the winter.
I only recently started dabbling in hats.
This describes my dressing habits. Black or khaki slacks and nice colored shirts, and black sneakers that can pass for dress shoes.
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He have no right to make decisions like this for people due to interracial relationships/marriages. Hes just stubborn and demanding. Prefer to marry the people of the same race only instead of interracial race obviously sounds pretty bad against him.
He wants to make some money, then he need to shut his trap and just go ahead and marry people to their marriage then.
He wants to make some money, then he need to shut his trap and just go ahead and marry people to their marriage then.
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Justice stands by refusal to give interracial couple license to wed - CNN.com
Here is a link to the latest on this article from CNN. The guy is saying it is hard to apologize for something when you don't feel you have done anything wrong!
This guy needs to be removed immediately. By refusing the marraige license, is is violating civil rights laws. He has no business practicing any kind of law in any capacity.
Here is a link to the latest on this article from CNN. The guy is saying it is hard to apologize for something when you don't feel you have done anything wrong!
This guy needs to be removed immediately. By refusing the marraige license, is is violating civil rights laws. He has no business practicing any kind of law in any capacity.
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what do you mean by saying " he really stirred things up "?
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JEWS?! JEWS!!! I do not like being called a JEW!!
I know a couple people who are Jewish, and none of them have ever expressed disliking of the word "Jew". I think it depends on the person, so I do not think that you should be getting angry with someone for not knowing of your disliking of the word. I am sure that Reba did not intend to offend you as she most likely did not know you were Jewish.
sometimes individual church will do that....may be protocl to follow. but a justice of the peace certainly has no right to be doing that...it is a public office.
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There is nothing offensive about the word "Jew". It is entirely proper. An older lady, a Jew herself, once told me that "Jewish" was offensive to her because that was an adjective for things, not people. It also implied, to her, that Jew-ish meant having the characteristics of a Jew but not fully a Jew. She was proud to be a Jew.
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It doesn't matter whether or not I know someone is a Jew. It's not a term of offense, so I wasn't using it to offend anyone. The reason I asked was for clarification of the situation. Sometimes Rabbis don't perform the weddings unless both people are Jews, regardless of race. Same for Christian pastors. Some won't perform weddings unless both people are born-again Christians, regardless of race.
Your first sentence is confusing to me. I never said anything about you knowing or not knowing someone who was Jewish. I said that maybe you didn't know she, herself, was Jewish.
As for deciding if a term is offensive or not, that is up to the person whom you are calling the term, not you. It would be like a hearing person calling us "hearing impaired" and then us telling them that the terms we prefer are "deaf" and "hard of hearing", and them saying, "Well it doesn't matter what you think, because this is the right term whether you like it or not." It is the wrong term by our standards, and we wish that people would respect us by not using that term. It is the same thing.
I will respect whatdidyousay and not call her the term in which she does not wish be called.
I personally go either with "am Jewish" or a "Jew" - but I tend to use later in context of either mixed company or other Jewish people.
I have known some older relatives of mine and older people I worked with at Jewish Community Center who referred to Yiddish as "Jewish" < "when we spoke Jewish"> , think it may partly be a generational thing.
Hubby and I had secular marriage with vows we wrote, which was performed outside at park w/lake. Judge did it; rabbi wouldn't have done it and neither myself nor hubby wanted it in a church.
Do hope that the JOP is fired or whatever
I have known some older relatives of mine and older people I worked with at Jewish Community Center who referred to Yiddish as "Jewish" < "when we spoke Jewish"> , think it may partly be a generational thing.
Hubby and I had secular marriage with vows we wrote, which was performed outside at park w/lake. Judge did it; rabbi wouldn't have done it and neither myself nor hubby wanted it in a church.
Do hope that the JOP is fired or whatever
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I know that. What I said was, I used the term "Jew" regardless of who made the original post. My question was about the people involved in the wedding. I wasn't addressing the poster.
I wasn't referring to the poster. I used a term that every one of my acquaintences use for themselves. They did decide that they preferred "Jew." Since 100% of the Jews whom I know prefer that term, how can I know when someone will not like it?
I'm sorry but it's not the same thing.
I never called whatdidyousay anything in the first place.
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Just FYI:
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Jew⋅ish
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–adjective
1. of, pertaining to, or characteristic of the Jews or Judaism: Jewish customs.
2. Informal. Yiddish.
Based on the Random House Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2009.
Usage Note: It is widely recognized that the attributive use of the noun Jew, in phrases such as Jew lawyer or Jew ethics, is both vulgar and highly offensive. In such contexts Jewish is the only acceptable possibility. Some people, however, have become so wary of this construction that they have extended the stigma to any use of Jew as a noun, a practice that carries risks of its own. In a sentence such as There are now several Jews on the council, which is unobjectionable, the substitution of a circumlocution like Jewish people or persons of Jewish background may in itself cause offense for seeming to imply that Jew has a negative connotation when used as a noun.
Just like I said.
from dictionary.com:
Jew⋅ish
/ˈdʒuɪʃ/ Show Spelled Pronunciation [joo-ish] Show IPA
Use jewish in a Sentence
See web results for jewish
See images of jewish
–adjective
1. of, pertaining to, or characteristic of the Jews or Judaism: Jewish customs.
2. Informal. Yiddish.
Based on the Random House Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2009.
Usage Note: It is widely recognized that the attributive use of the noun Jew, in phrases such as Jew lawyer or Jew ethics, is both vulgar and highly offensive. In such contexts Jewish is the only acceptable possibility. Some people, however, have become so wary of this construction that they have extended the stigma to any use of Jew as a noun, a practice that carries risks of its own. In a sentence such as There are now several Jews on the council, which is unobjectionable, the substitution of a circumlocution like Jewish people or persons of Jewish background may in itself cause offense for seeming to imply that Jew has a negative connotation when used as a noun.
Just like I said.
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