In order to succeed, your desire for success should be greater than your fear of failure. Bill Cosby
Our first question is by Kim:
Am I being racist or is she being too sensitive? Background info: I’m a white/asian girl. She’s african american. We’re both in 7th grade and we are at a public school. So last Friday we were in PE and on the field. For some reason she says “For the record, (her name) is black.” and I said “I think we already knew that” and she was all like “What did you say” and then our PE teacher over hears us and then SHE comments all nonchalantly like “Yeah, (name) i think I knew that” and she (not the PE teacher) kinda glares at me. soon after my friend and i are laying down on the grass and she comes up to me and says “your asian and white, right? I say “yeah” and she says “well i could have been mixed too you don’t just assume that i’m black” and i say “look, i’m sorry if i offended you” and then she just walks away and i can CLEARLY her say “stupid racist b*tch”. Things like name calling dont really affect me so i just ignored it. then when we were going to our lockers and passing through the sliding gate that was kinda closed and we could only go single file. She was at the exit and i kinda look her in the eye and she looks down and then when i go through the gate she says something kinda loud that i couldnt understand and shoves me. I dont fall and i didnt hurt, but i was kinda annoyed. Then when we were going down the stairs to the lockers one of her friends says to her “i think you took that too far” and she says “I think SHE took that too far! ” and she points at me and I say kinda angry “look! I AM sorry if I offended you!” and she says “Yeah well, apology NOT accepted!” and i say “What do you want me to do?! Bow down to you!?” and she stink eyes me again then we go to our lockers. and so today we were playing softball and she just kinda chose her own team like “No! (name) can’t come in here!” and barring one of the dugouts. and one of my friends who was in the dugout told me that she told the people in the dugout (mostly her african american girlfriends) that I was racist. I grew up in a very pro-equality house, and I am pretty sure i am NOT RACIST. Can someone help me?
See, black people always want to make it about race. In this case, all you were saying is that she’s black. Being a racist means you think your race is better or at least you think their race is crap. If what you’re saying is true, then you were not racist. That girl needs to understand racism before talking about it. But, like I said, lots of black people play the race card, even when it’s not playable. She might have a “white man trying to keep me down” mentality that might have come from the parents. I’m gonna leave this alone.
Next is a question by Pretty_Princess:
What is you biggest pet peeve? Mine would have to be spitting! I hate when people spit in public!
Yeah I hate that too. However, people that use poor grammar whether in writing or speaking, really just pisses me off. I understand if English is not your first language though. Other than that, what the heck?
Last question is from Nicholas:
What is the definition of “Home” to you? Hello Everyone, I am doing a poll to understand what you all perceive as the definition of “home” and/or an epitome of what “home” as you determine. Please feel free to give extended definitions and thanks a lot in advanced. 🙂
I always associated home as the place I live in. My center. A place to escape the world, even if this home is in the world.
Remember to hit my “Ask Dante” page to send in questions you want my opinion on.
-DALANEL
Everything has beauty, but not everyone sees it. Confucius
Another week of good stuff.
Learning to trust is one of life’s most difficult tasks. Isaac Watts
A young man asked an old rich man how he made his money.
The old guy fingered his expensive wool vest and said, “Well, son, it was 1932. The depth of the Great Depression. I was down to my last nickel.”
“I invested that nickel in an apple. I spent the entire day polishing the apple and, at the end of the day, I sold the apple for ten cents.”
“The next morning, I invested those ten cents in two apples. I spent the entire day polishing them and sold them at 5:00 pm for 20 cents. I continued this system for a month, by the end of which I’d accumulated a fortune of $9.80.”
“Then my wife’s father died and left us two million dollars.”
In order to try to get more traffic, I’m going to change up my posting schedule a little bit. Here’s how it’s gonna go:
Featured posts will post in the morning while non-featured posts in the early afternoon. If there is a second non-featured post, it will appear early evening. Here are the exact times I’m shooting for:
Daily Good Stuff, Weekly News, Weekly Funnies: 7 am
Other featured posts: 7:15 am
Non-featured #1: 12 pm
Non-featured #2: 7 pm
All times are ET. This can open a window for people that are on the internet on various times of the day. Daily Good Stuff and its weekend pals stay in the morning because I’m still going for that “start your day off right” thing. Anyway, I’m going to try this new look for a week and if there’s no change or if things are worse, then I’ll just go back to the original deal. Blog updates would show up in the morning.
Lastly, there is a poll on the site now that does ask when you’re on the internet. I have blocks of time but you can add your own block of time (3 hour blocks). This way, I’ll have a better idea of when you’ll better see my content fresh off the blog. You can go to the DALANEL Polls page but the poll will be at the end of the post too.
Thanks for reading. Make sure you sign up for updates to your email so you never miss a post. Making the tweaks to make DALANEL better.
-DALANEL
