tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5011528072573771541.post3620676813326783917..comments2008-07-08T20:10:49.295-04:00Mary Kunz Goldmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02691118577179541037mkg@marykunzgoldman.orgBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5011528072573771541.post-44064592587456972212008-07-08T20:10:00.000-04:002008-07-08T20:10:00.000-04:00I understand it's being descriptive, here's the thing, if you'd called the crying kid a Jewish brat or black kid a spoiled brat guess what, it'd have a. sounded Anti-Semitic or b. anti-black.<BR/><BR/>Would you have been so quick to describe the annoying kid as a black kid or a Jewish kid?<BR/><BR/>It's something to consider.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5011528072573771541.post-23523180597964233482008-07-04T20:03:00.000-04:002008-07-04T20:03:00.000-04:00morgan, that was a cheap shot..Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5011528072573771541.post-42818573993162083562008-07-03T17:17:00.000-04:002008-07-03T17:17:00.000-04:00I am pretty sure that was meant to be descriptive, not an attack on the kid's race. Good storytellers paint a picture with their words, and we all pictured the kid instead of just some generic crying blob.Morgan Wnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5011528072573771541.post-57877016905992323002008-07-03T16:54:00.000-04:002008-07-03T16:54:00.000-04:00What did the kid being Chinese have to do with the story? Would he have been less annoying were he black or white?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com