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Another little short story, plus a rant about racism.

by on April 26, 2013 at 6:00 am
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Now, before we embark on story #2 of my output from the other writing workshop I went to, I just wanted to shake my fist wildly at the sky and rage about an issue that particularly irks me; that of racism, and not just racism, but the misguided perceptions of offence attributed to racism.

Specifically what has set me off this week was an old schoolmate who had made the comment that a footballer should not be campaigning against racism ‘because he is not black’, and said old schoolmate did not see the point in getting annoyed about racism. Said footballer is mixed race, and has been on the receiving end of racial abuse in the past. read more

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Shopping Etiquette

by on May 18, 2012 at 6:00 am
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Today’s blog post is a true and proper rant, so batten down the hatches!

Imagine, if you will, a clothing store. You select a few items off the racks that you want to try on, and you head to the changing rooms. You get in, and you put on that new pair of jeans, or that nice jacket, or that dashing cummerbund, and stand there admiring your potential purchase in the mirror. Except that in that mirror, you also see another customer, already in your cubicle, with their own items in hand. They say nothing, merely stand there staring at you in the store’s clothes. It feels a little awkward, and you feel like you should say something to them, since they ARE invading your personal space and obviously trying to put pressure on you to finish so that they can speed up getting back to whatever passes for a life in their world. read more

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