tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12624992.post2274572781909181289..comments2024-01-09T05:39:44.523-08:00Comments on I Hate Poetry: The Buddah Moskowitz Archive: How I Became a Racist in 1973Buddah Moskowitzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06839068145732552328noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12624992.post-27688617300135300332015-12-06T09:47:48.224-08:002015-12-06T09:47:48.224-08:00This is why, on the first day of the semester, I h...This is why, on the first day of the semester, I have each student tell me their name as they come in instead of reading it off the roster myself and butchering it. :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12624992.post-65565443360315113092015-11-12T13:36:00.062-08:002015-11-12T13:36:00.062-08:00Thanks, and you could have worse songs stuck in yo...Thanks, and you could have worse songs stuck in your head!Buddah Moskowitzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06839068145732552328noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12624992.post-83480324145063525892015-11-09T16:11:05.996-08:002015-11-09T16:11:05.996-08:00Now I have Bruce Springsteen's "Rosalita&...Now I have Bruce Springsteen's "Rosalita" (yes, I know, slightly different name) stuck in my head. Not a problem!Fireblossomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07040525704916368792noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12624992.post-63318727653945334542015-11-09T14:40:08.852-08:002015-11-09T14:40:08.852-08:00You're no racist - least as far as I can see -...You're no racist - least as far as I can see - but I remember this was one of the first times I experienced cognitive dissonance: "wait, how does he know how to pronounce her name?" "Wait, how can the teacher be wrong?" "Wait, can I disagree with him because he's White?" See, all kinds of nonsense! Linda, Leen-da, doesn't matter, unless you're forcing me to mispronounce it! Thanks, Angie!Buddah Moskowitzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06839068145732552328noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12624992.post-45040204793674553082015-11-09T14:36:52.222-08:002015-11-09T14:36:52.222-08:00Thanks, and yes, the most powerful lessons seem to...Thanks, and yes, the most powerful lessons seem to unintentional ones. Buddah Moskowitzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06839068145732552328noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12624992.post-67242251912649171382015-11-09T14:27:22.470-08:002015-11-09T14:27:22.470-08:00Yikes, I seem to recall a similar convo. between y...Yikes, I seem to recall a similar convo. between you and I over some such words...tomato, tomata...hope that doesn't make me a racist. I would bend and say Leen-daAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12624992.post-92019612852221920102015-11-09T12:07:20.714-08:002015-11-09T12:07:20.714-08:00Oh dear... the things we teach when we won't l...Oh dear... the things we teach when we won't learn.<br />Your slices of life are so real, Mosk. And all the best in your new digs.Other Maryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09189646933597252108noreply@blogger.com