Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: Security measures in cohousing

[Bitner/Stevenson (lilbert]

PROBABLY I didn't intend it as a racist comment?? I really must take 
exception to that. However, I will try to receive the message in the spirit
in which it was intended, without reading meanings into it that aren't
there! :)
--
Liz Stevenson
Southside Park Cohousing
Sacramento, California

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>From: DHCano [at] aol.com
>To: Multiple recipients of list <cohousing-l [at] freedom.mtn.org>
>Subject: Re: Security measures in cohousing
>Date: Fri, Jul 30, 1999, 10:29 PM
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> In a message dated 99-07-30 10:04:00 EDT, lilbert [at] earthlink.net writes:
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>> Don't leave anything tempting for thieves, as they
>>will return again and again like cockroaches looking for food.
>
> Probably this sentence is not meant to have racist implications, but
> 'cockroaches' has been used to refer to brown (Hispanic) people.
>
> Just for your info...
>
> Diane Cano
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