Comments on: The Bywater: Not so Black and White

By: Daneeta Loretta

Daneeta Loretta — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 12:50:13 +0000

Missmoo: I admit, I may have generalized a bit too much. In my experience since coming home, I have noticed that a large percentage of black people say "hello" in passing. A large percentage of white people don’t. Asians in general say hello. Mexican’s do not. Maybe it’s the neighborhoods we’re hanging in. St. Bernard is a whole other kettle of fish. My mom spent 18 years there with her 3rd husband. My sister still lives there with her family. I spent some time there. I’m still processing that.

Termite: What specifically do you find negative about my posts? I try to call things like I see them.

Micah: I will read your info, but I will tell you right now, the music turns me off at this hour in the morning.

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By: termite

termite — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 22:39:15 +0000

i find your posts to be very negative for some
reason.

i hope that’s just my imagination and i’m wrong.
wouldn’t be the first time.

By: missmoo

missmoo — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 20:35:19 +0000

Daneeta, I’ve been enjoying your posts. But please don’t stereotype white people, we say "Hey, how you doin’?" too. In fact, it’s one of my favorite things about living here, that people say hello to each other, even if we have never seen them before and will never see them again. Maybe it’s because I’m from St. Bernard, where I find we still hold some of those Yat traditions? I don’t know. But just because there aren’t as many white people sitting on doorsteps (that does seem to have fallen out of favor in white communities), that doesn’t mean we wouldn’t say "hi".

Thanks again for your posts.