I love the black swan pair - they are never apart. We do get them over here, but usually specially imported for someplace or other. It's rare to see them living wild like this.
That family really is vile, the way they think they can behave however they want and be completely unaccountable because they can play the race card - as if being Asian means they are incapable of doing anything wrong. So it is okay for their children to chant 'white Welshies' at Small, but if she retaliates, that's racist. Although it did shut the kids up when they were told that what they were saying was racist - it had never occurred to them that it could work the other way around. Because they have been taught that the colour of their skin places them above reproach. The parents are just foul, the things they say and the language they use - to a child, as well. *seethes*
And yes, playing the race card like that diminishes genuine abuses. Political correctness (as opposed to actual equality and fair play) has a lot to answer for.
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Date: 2009-04-06 03:16 pm (UTC)That family really is vile, the way they think they can behave however they want and be completely unaccountable because they can play the race card - as if being Asian means they are incapable of doing anything wrong. So it is okay for their children to chant 'white Welshies' at Small, but if she retaliates, that's racist. Although it did shut the kids up when they were told that what they were saying was racist - it had never occurred to them that it could work the other way around. Because they have been taught that the colour of their skin places them above reproach. The parents are just foul, the things they say and the language they use - to a child, as well. *seethes*
And yes, playing the race card like that diminishes genuine abuses. Political correctness (as opposed to actual equality and fair play) has a lot to answer for.