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Hosted by YWCA Family Village Issaquah Mental Health
We will be showing the DVD "Unnatural Causes" about hidden racism in the health care systems. We will be sponsoring a brown bag luncheon for staff and the community.
TIME: Noon - 1 p.m.
LOCATION: 930 NE High Street #101, Issaquah, WA 98029
CONTACT: Chris Bingham, 425.922.6192
Ironically, the "brown bag test" was applied by blacks against other blacks, as a measure of social status- if your skin was darker than a brown bag, you were considered low-class.
I remember a time when the people of this country were sane. It seems that is a thing of the past. It is sad to see the way this country is going, and we can thank liberals for the decline.
Ironically, the "brown bag test" was applied by blacks against other blacks, as a measure of social status- if your skin was darker than a brown bag, you were considered low-class.
Ironically, the "brown bag test" was applied by blacks against other blacks, as a measure of social status- if your skin was darker than a brown bag, you were considered low-class.
So you're saying that the Seattle-King County YWCA was indeed racist in holding a brown bag luncheon?
To say that one "brown-bagged it today," meaning 'brought lunch from home' is still a fairly common expression. Elliot Bronstein of the Seattle Office for Civil Rights finds this expression to be racist. All PR personnel at city agencies have been advised not to use the term. Instead, they should use the expression "lunch and learn" (??) or "sack lunch" (say isn't that potentially a gender-biased and therefore offensive?)
And furthermore, they are advised to avoid "citizen" because it is not inclusive of Seattle residents who are not citizens. Bronstein notes that the city's "Citizen's Service Bureau" was renamed the "Customer Service Bureau," presumably for this reason.
Looks to me like city employee Bronstein has way too much time on his hands.
To say that one "brown-bagged it today," meaning 'brought lunch from home' is still a fairly common expression. Elliot Bronstein of the Seattle Office for Civil Rights finds this expression to be racist. All PR personnel at city agencies have been advised not to use the term. Instead, they should use the expression "lunch and learn" (??) or "sack lunch" (say isn't that potentially a gender-biased and therefore offensive?)
And furthermore, they are advised to avoid "citizen" because it is not inclusive of Seattle residents who are not citizens. Bronstein notes that the city's "Citizen's Service Bureau" was renamed the "Customer Service Bureau," presumably for this reason.
Looks to me like city employee Bronstein has way too much time on his hands.
You are much more reserved and kind in your description of Mr. Bronstein than I am. I have a much different dictionary of descriptors for people like him.
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