Snippets

[poliphilo]

I'm skyping Mike in Tokyo- and Alice joins in from Leicester. I hadn't realized you could have three-way conversations.

Fabi comes back from nursery school eager to show his mother what he's learned. He picks up a couple of dolls and says, "This is a white doll; this is a black doll." She's upset because she doesn't want him becoming colour-conscious. I don't see how it can be avoided myself.

An Asian guy comes to the door selling cavity wall insulation. I'm wearing my topi. He asks me if I'm religious and I say, "No, it's just a hat."

Comments

[porsupah.livejournal.com]

I'd say it's fine to be conscious of skin differences - the problem is more when one associates such with overall positive or negative sentiments of intrinsic worth.

A topi? Nifty! What style? Wikipedia shows a few variants, although confusingly, the default is of a somewhat more surrealistic bent. Somehow, that scenario has distinct appeal. ^_^

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

So many varieties!

I reckon the style I wear is a Taqiyah. I have another- somewhat fancier- with a tassel- that was advertised on eBay as a Turkish smoking cap.

[resonant.livejournal.com]

Ooooh - thank you for the link - when I googled, I just got pictures of an antelope.

[heleninwales.livejournal.com]

As far as I understand it, you have to have a paid account in order to have more than one-to-one conversations on Skype. But as long as one person in the group does, then you can do group conferences. Presumably either Mike or Alice has a paid Skype account?

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

Alice may. It's possible she uses Skype for work. The video shut down as soon as there were three of us- and a notice came up saying we'd have to upgrade if we wanted it back.

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

Excellent!

We're all different shades of the one colour- variously adapted to the intensity of the sunlight our ancestors were exposed to.

[cmcmck.livejournal.com]

Colour awareness is one thing, colour prejudice quite another and one needn't lead to the other as your friend darknesslites proves!

Given my Morticia Addams complexion 'white' is probably about right! :o)

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

I'm not too worried about fabi. He's a Cameroonian boy who's growing up in a multicultural district of Liverpool and thinks of us as his grandparents...