Re: [Callers] Suggestions for particularly flirty contra dances?

On Thu, Apr 11, 2013, Richard Mckeever wrote: Well, I *overall* prefer opposite gender swings and other kinds of physical interactions, has something to do with being heterosexual, I think. ;-) That's different from feeling >uncomfortable< with or disliking same-sex interactions in dance. Here's a review of a book I read recently that describes how much racism takes place in what I might call "negative space", and IMO the same is true of homophobia. Because of this book I have taken to being even more vocal about stereotypical and phobic comments. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Negative_space Subject: The Everyday Language of White Racism _The Everyday Language of White Racism_ by Jane H. Hill (former president of the American Anthropological Association and professor of anthropology and linguistics at the University of Arizona) TELoWR describes in considerable detail how language used by Whites in the USA creates and perpetuates racism even though only a small minority of Whites fit the mold of a stereotypical racist. I don't agree with every point Hill makes, but it's hard to disagree with the avalanche of supporting material. TELoWR is accessible to the educated layperson; it's highly technical and written in an academic style but mostly free of academic jargon. Although Hill does not discuss it, I imagine that the analysis is also highly relevant to sexism and other kyriarchical problems. Here are are couple of longer reviews so I can stick with this short review: http://www.racismreview.com/blog/2009/03/21/everyday-language-of-white-raci… http://www.loyno.edu/jsri/book-review-jane-h-hill-everyday-language-white-r… What happened to Forest Whitaker demonstrates Hill's point: http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/07/opinion/coates-the-good-racist-people.htm… And so does this discussion: http://inamerica.blogs.cnn.com/2013/04/04/native-american-mascots-pride-or-… -- Hugs and backrubs -- I break Rule 6 http://rule6.info/ <*> <*> <*> Help a hearing-impaired person: http://rule6.info/hearing.html