Axis Mundi X discussion

Is it just me, or do you rarely see people of color at GR? What do people make of this? Comments?

I am Colombian ... now you are making me feel like the odd girl in the room ... LOL

Well, you're my favorite Columbian, Lorena, if it makes you feel better...I'll put on some Old Crow Medicine Show in your honor (you like them, right?).

LOL Do you even know any other Colombians? Please don't say Pablo Escobar or Juan Valdez ... ;o)

BTW it was one of my "white" friends who told me about this site ... He he he

Damn. Busted.:)

RA I am sure there is a study somewhere that tells you which races read more or less, and some crazy person developing a conspiracy theory saying that there is not enough books or access to them for minorities, but in reality the love for books and learning should begin at home.

I'm Hispanic.

And don't you have anything more mundane to think about than this, RA?

Lorena, I'm not so sure it's a question of a particular race reading more, but who has the most access and time to devote to the internet.

Oh, I see ... in that case this place should be filled by the likes of me ... all we do is have babies and stay at home doing nothing ... LOL

Kidding aside, I know that computer knowledge and the language barrier are really big problems in the Latino community here in Georgia, regardless of the level of education the immigrants had in their native communties.

Gus, you should hear the mundane thoughts running through my mind...would put you right to sleep:)

I was curious...I didn't have any hidden theories or agendas. Is asking this question so wrong or dangerous?

are you now, or have you ever been caucasoid?



i am swedish. doesn't get much whiter than that.

Maybe is just the threads one belongs to that appeal to a race more than others, because if you look at the "meet people" space there is a good variety of colors and flavors there ... ;o)

Huh. I don't know if I agree with you, Donna. Take a look at, say, the list of "who's online" at any given moment, and way more than 8 of ten are white (assuming their avatars are accurate).

I found the census breakdown...interesting.

http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A076215...

Trust me, RA, I rock myself to sleep with mundane thoughts. Like, do cannibals have recipes? And, if so, do they share those recipes with other cannibals?

Gus! ::LOL::

I just looked at the "who's online" list and it looked like, of the people who had avatars, about two of fifty weren't white...but then again, I wouldn't have thought Lorena Columbian, so it's not exactly a scientific approach...

That reminds me, Gus, I have to post something in the unclassifiable thoughts thread that you might like...

try looking at the profiles late at night. there's a strong contingent from the middle east, south east asia, and india who are asleep right now.

but i still think the break down will lean white. the internet is still a western phenomenom.

Yeah, that is how we sneak up on you RA.

BTW ... The other day we were at B&N and my daughter was filling up a form and asked Mami: What am I, Am I latina or White or None of the Above?
To which I answered whatever you want to be today, sweetheart, and got the dirtiest look from the old lady in front of us in line.

I love getting dirty looks from crackers...

I was at a Costco some time ago, checking my items out. The cashier looked at my membership card and said, "You must cook some good rice and beans."

At first, I didn't really catch her comment, and then I realized she said something so incredibly stupid. What a generalized statement.

I was tempted to make an equally insensitive generalized stereotype remark -the cashier was black - but I thought better of it. One thing I simply won't do is return a racist comment with another one.

I like to check Pacific Islander on any sort of ethnicity form. I figure the world could use more Pacific Islanders.

I have gotten comments about other Latinos in a negative way from people who don't realize I am also a Latina, it is always such a pleasure to give a very polite statement and then add, by the way I am a "beaner too", he he he ...

We have a Mexican restaurant in town called "Beanie's". I wonder what the Latinos around here think of that.

and that will be your contribution to the world Logan ... Who gave us all these weird names (Pacific Islander, African American, Hispanic) anyway?
You call a black person in my country African-Colombian and they would be extremely offended we are all Colombian, that is it.

I was born in Hawaii, and was soooo disappointed as a kid to learn that wasn't enough to make me truly Hawaiian.
Rats.

I am half Italian. How come I don't get to call my self Latino?

Good on ya Lorena! I mark all sorts of things myself. I'm Native American, Greek and Irish...but I just put all sorts of things. By now, most everyone has a little bit of something or other in this country...how do we even know what smidges are in there? I say have fun with it!

Oh, and RA, maybe your question should be, "Why don't more people of color hang out in our goodreads group?"

If you're suffering from white guilt, you can take comfort in the fact that I'm 1/32 Native American. 31 more of me and we would have one entire Native American. See, the place is looking more colorful already.

I'm 1/4...so we only need 3 more of me Rusty!! :)

I'm 1/16! Add me into the mix!

And HOLY CRAP! Lorena, you and I are practically neighbors! According to Goodreads, we're 13 miles apart!

Finally, another person from GA!

Hey RA, isn't Shat in GA?

I think he's in Birmingham.

Oh, sorry...I'm not good at Southeast, I get it all muddled. :(

Actually, most of the East side all together makes my geography education a scandal! (East of Texas is East for me by the way.)

Haha...It's okay. North of Virginia is East for me. I don't really think of the South as the East.

Yeah, I want to say Kirk/Shat's in Alabama for some reason...but close. Poor guy always feels on his own in the south...

Feel free to revise my questions any way you'd like, Amelia...I trust you:)

Well, the South as in Texas, Oklahoma, New Mexico etc... I get all that, I guess it's South and Southwest huh? I told you, scandalous!

Hey now, don't go roping the Southwest in with the South. Two very distinct entities. Oklahoma's in the Midwest.

Yeah, exactly what are the states that comprise the midwest?

figures Jackie's already on the question...

Where'd you get that answer, Donna?

The Midwestern United States (or Midwest or Middle West) is an informal name for a group of north-central states of the United States of America, usually including Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Ohio, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota and Wisconsin.[3] A 2006 Census Bureau estimate put the population at 66,217,736. Both the geographic center of the contiguous U.S. and the population center of the U.S. are in the Midwest.
Midwestern United States from Wikipedia
Sorry, I'm trying to actually work today. So I'm not as Jackie on the spot as usual.

Yeah, I guess I would agree with the midwest designation. Ohio was the one with which I wasn't sure, but I'll take Ohio on our team, sure:)

Really, Jackie, you made us wait eight whole minutes for that response!

No, I could have gotten off my lazy ass and checked wikipedia myself, I just know how much you like looking up those questions:) Thanks, hon.

I love the midwest, by the way.

I would include Oklahoma and Texas as far as cuisine goes, in with the Midwest states. Lots of bland food abounds.

Even Tex-Mex can be stricken with Midwesterness. Velveeta-covered enchiladas, for example.

I have been ordering up a STORM of books, today. I just ordered some manga versions of The Tempest and MacBeth which look really cool.

Don't you start picking on the midwest, Jackie...you're in dangerous territory...trust me, I could go ballistic on the northwest, all you coffee-swilling, self-congratulatory hipsters...the midwest is way cooler than you coast people realize.

I've had some bad food in Oregon, right on the water...you can find bad food everywhere...