A chronicle of my obsession with sheep, spinning, sticks, and string
"And, I'm even knitting a hat for a 6'5", 230 lb African-American Man."
I get pointing out the man's size, since that will obviously mean knitting a larger hat. But his ethnicity? I didn't see anyone else's race pointed out in future/finished projects. I dunno why this bugs me so much, but I get the feeling this chick may be one of those pasty yuppie types who just feels so good about the fact that they are, in fact, Acquainted with a Person of Color. So much, that they even Knit for him and feel the need to point it out on their blog. What a Susie Dipshit.
In other news, I started a scarf in Patons Soy Wool Stripes... I'll post pics tomorrow, as the camera is acting up. Sorry for the brief rant, but jeeeeeeeeeeezzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz.....
4 comments:
Pasty yuppie type...Susie Dipshit--HEE! I'm totally incorporating these into my vocabulary.
I'll have to go with your theory. Why else would someone feel the need to mention said recipient's race???
Yeah, I was afraid to actually post this, but I just had to. I get really upset by the fact that we as a society tend to identify a person by their ethnicity before anything else...
Never apologise for your rants. They're class :D And you're usually correct.
I notice in our local papers, when a crime has been committed and a suspect is described, if the person is white, they make no mention of race, but if he's (usually a "he") other than white, they say it. Now, I understand the need to identify race in these circumstances, but I think that it should be uniformly applied. If the guy appears white, say so! Don't assume it's the default race unless stated otherwise.
Now I'm ranting. I'll stop.
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