>>Why does *anyone* give a hoot about what >>someone else calls them,
thinks of them, >>says about them...etc. I really don't get it and >>I
must be one of the few who doesn't and >>doesn't care. I am secure
enough with who >>and what I am that whatever *you* have to >>say about
me (classwise, racewise, >>sexwise,...)makes no difference at all. I
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My father raised us with the credo of " It is none of your business what
anyone else thinks of you. And mind your own goddamned business" (It is
a rather 20th century attitude, he born in 1911 and I in 1955. )
To piggyback on the supermarkett thing, I remember once when this
10-year old or so was astonished to see a white woman with a cane and
what were then some nasty scars from the attack on the Pentagon. I
pointed out to the mother what the scars and cane were all about. I
pointed out how rude her child was and the proper way to instill manners
in a child. The mother said the child had been poor all her life and I
had to understand that. Right, only people with money in the bank can
be civilized and know how to mind their won business. They were
24-karat gold losers.

~~~Gina~~~