[gardeners] Re: Thank you, Robert
Robert Ripley (gardeners@globalgarden.com)
Thu, 23 Dec 1999 20:25:49 -0500
thank you very much for the kind words :) have a safe & happy christmas
or/and channukah or anything else your family may wish to celebrate:)
----- Original Message -----
From: Cheryl Van De Grift Edson <vandegrc@hotmail.com>
To: <gardeners@globalgarden.com>; <bhfarm@accel.net>
Sent: Thursday, December 23, 1999 11:44 AM
Subject: Thank you, Robert
> Dear Robert and other gardeners,
>
> Thank you, Robert. I felt the same discomfort as you and didn't have the
> courage to speak out. You set a wonderful example. I feel it's
unconscious
> racism that does the most damage and it's a mistake to let it slide. Was
> there an assumption that everyone on this list is Caucasian? That is one
of
> the great things about this medium - there are no safe assumptions like
that
> and that's good! We're dealing with letters and words on a screen. I
> wonder how many other people were offended and didn't speak out? My
> grandmother never ate a refrigerated egg in her life, and I'd venture many
> of your's didn't either! We ate mushrooms out of our pasture all the
time,
> that's where mushrooms grow! I don't want to bash anyone. Aren't
cultures
> other than one's own fascinating? There are certainly tastes and customs
> that are acquired, that doesn't make them bad.
>
> Thanks again, Robert.
>
> Cheryl Van De Grift
>
> (who doesn't participate much in the conversation because I moved to a
house
> that's to too much shade to have a vegetable garden, but still love it)
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