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[kateorman]

Prodded by judiang :), I'd like to air some more thoughts about Elizabeth Moon's posting about Park51, continuing in the same spirit of respectful disagreement as before. (This may take a few postings - there's a lot of think about - so bear with me. And thank you hugely for making it possible for me to do this, by commenting assertively but not

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[pbristow]

Thankyou for taking the time and effort to do this.

Yes, the "familiar/different" disparity in how we evaluate things and how much attention we pay to them is a big factor in all of this - and in all forms of prejudice, IMHO. The "so that's Jazz, is it? I don't like it!"/"Oh my god, not more Jazz!" factor, if you will. =:o\

"those who are the least comfy with the unfamiliar are not the new arrivals, but the white people nervously watching them arrive - or passing laws to keep them out.Again, spot on, I'd say (says the Brit, living in a still mostly white nation that likes to assume the blacks folks and muslims only live in particular towns and regions, and gets confused when they turn up elsewhere, or talking posh, or brandishing law degrees...). After all, those who have left home (for whatever reason) and travelled to a new land *expect* to find things different when they get there: They've had at least that journey time to steel themselves for the fact that things are going to weird. The folks who haven't budged an inch, and

[kateorman]

Thankyou for taking the time and effort to do this.

Oh, erm, thanks. #^__^# It's a bit basic, but it's a start. Once you start thinking about this stuff, the words just sort of chew their way out of your head.

basically assimilated each other

Oh, I love that. :D