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By people, I mean other Westerners.
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Nice to hear from Tze Ming Mok.
Your public eagerly awaits your return to blogging.
When you do got somewhere where you're the other, it's inevitable that ideas about identity are going to be cast in sharper focus.
Well I got to be the "white other" in Japan and I heard a lot of whiny crap from other Westerners about how that made them feel, how they hated being labelled etc. I am not sure how relevant it is to being Chinese (or Indian for that matter) in NZ. However there was still a bit of discomfort expressed when someone integrated "too much". They were "turning Japanese" people would say and roll their eyes as if this implied something less than authentic. My thoughts on the subject are kind of complex.
I wish I could go to conference myself but I will settle for going to Craft 2.0
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I know I shouldn't - cause this is grown up space and all - but.....
Y Tother
lol
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as now I call myself "White Other".
I like that, it would have been quite an apt label for me in Japan.
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I concur, I just wouldn't use it.
My cousins seem to take the "I can use this word cause I am an islander" approach but from my high school experiences I would never use the term coconut. It always seemed slightly worse that FOB on the scale of insults.
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Does anyone know what if anything has come of the recommendations of the Commission of Inquiry? I don't know the details of the legalities when it comes to doctors and teachers but surely something similar could be applied to the police. By that I mean, if you engage in a sexual relationship with someone who you have contact with in the course of your work there are some guidelines. Maybe this could be incorporated into a 'Code of Conduct'.
Because correct me if I am wrong (and I am sure someone will ; ) but those cops must have know Louise Nicholas was a rape complainant and I think I read that they met her on the job (under-age drinking? I forget).
This is surely relevant.
I have actually been having face to face conversations with people about this subject this week. (Old school I know but strangely satisfying).
If a university professor has a relationship with a student he or she can justifiably get in deep shit, there will of course be the risk of false accusations and there is a chance that the relationship is not simply an abuse of power but two people in love or engaged in mutual hanky panky. It is however unprofessional. I would like this to be the case for the police too.
Anyone have any links or information for me?As far as Clint Rickards goes I think that the police are in a difficult position and I don't envy them that. It is not possible to fire him because he was acquitted and he has employment rights. It is a right old mess.
Surely a Code of Conduct would help stop this happening again. -
That's my kind of right winger. Not to mention sensitive (muscular prose doesn't have to be insensitive eh) and intelligent.
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Thank you.
Now for sensitive and intelligent comments eh.
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Sleep well.
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Thank you Heather, god knows we don't want to resurrect one of Tze Ming Mok's threads that never die about why women don't participate online.........
mostly it is tiring.