1. Roland Fryer 2. Insenstive remark 3. Something about being "Out There"
1. Beth - not surprised you had to look him up, but would expect ppl here on campus to know him and make a fuss - he's *the* speaker for the celebration of Dr. King's birthday, and the Daily basically said zilch. Oh, and they now have our lecture series available via podcast and I waited and checked daily for his lecture to appear - finally emailed the director yesterday and she said he declined to grant them permission to post it. Bummer. Yeah, he's a bit on the hot side - and so very interesting. Makes me wish I were a better economist so I could appreciate his research even more than I do.
2. Coworker described a group of ppl as "yard apes" - what the heck is that? Doesn't sound good and I am a bit afraid to look it up.
3. What is that I am so fearful of that I don't link my own blog or personal info to comments I post on sites I enjoy? Is it that my blog is "frivolous"? it is. If I am embarassed that it is frivolous, then there's an obvious solution -
2. Coworker described a group of ppl as "yard apes" - what the heck is that? Doesn't sound good and I am a bit afraid to look it up.
3. What is that I am so fearful of that I don't link my own blog or personal info to comments I post on sites I enjoy? Is it that my blog is "frivolous"? it is. If I am embarassed that it is frivolous, then there's an obvious solution -
posted by Daney at 11:56 AM
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I couldn't resist, because I had no idea what/who she might be talking about. This from answers.com's list of ethnic slurs:
Yard Ape
(U.S.) a black person; cf. porch monkey
I saw somewhere else that it referred to rowdy kids running around unsupervised, but I think you might want to keep on eye/ear on said jr. staffer. He/she probably used it without really knowing what it meant. Happens with our three year olds all the time...
She was using it wrt a special needs population... not good.
I sorta thought that was the meaning.
Now, what to do about it - I have to say something to her because I know what it means and I can prevent her making a mistake in the future.
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