Comments on: Intercultural Parenting: Visiting Other Cultures via the City’s Summer Ethnic Festivals http://interculturaltalk.org/2008/06/11/intercultural-parenting-visiting-other-cultures-via-the-citys-summer-ethnic-festivals/ Stereotypes in Advertising, Intercultural Communications, Multicultural Parenting Mon, 12 Dec 2011 22:29:00 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Gori Girl http://interculturaltalk.org/2008/06/11/intercultural-parenting-visiting-other-cultures-via-the-citys-summer-ethnic-festivals/comment-page-1/#comment-33 Gori Girl Thu, 19 Jun 2008 16:30:33 +0000 http://interculturaltalk.org/2008/06/11/intercultural-parenting-visiting-other-cultures-via-the-citys-summer-ethnic-festivals/#comment-33 I've been following your blog for a little while now, and this is a great post. While I don't have children of my own yet, I hope when I do I remember to expose them to other cultures in ways just like this. I grew up in an area with a very high Asian population (Silicon Valley) - my high school was 80% "minority". I think having that experience as a minority (I'm mostly white) has helped me significantly in understanding and accepting other cultures. I’ve been following your blog for a little while now, and this is a great post. While I don’t have children of my own yet, I hope when I do I remember to expose them to other cultures in ways just like this. I grew up in an area with a very high Asian population (Silicon Valley) – my high school was 80% “minority”. I think having that experience as a minority (I’m mostly white) has helped me significantly in understanding and accepting other cultures.

]]> By: Deanna Shoss http://interculturaltalk.org/2008/06/11/intercultural-parenting-visiting-other-cultures-via-the-citys-summer-ethnic-festivals/comment-page-1/#comment-32 Deanna Shoss Wed, 18 Jun 2008 22:57:04 +0000 http://interculturaltalk.org/2008/06/11/intercultural-parenting-visiting-other-cultures-via-the-citys-summer-ethnic-festivals/#comment-32 Daniel-- Thanks for your comment. It's interesting in looking at other blogs that explore race and anti-racism from different perspectives--sometimes it seems hard to know where to begin. One perspective (I might have seen it on a blog called 'things white people do') that had never occurred to me is that some minorities might be offended if someone from the majority group attended their event. But I think we have to take risks and continue to push ahead across the divide! Deanna Daniel–

Thanks for your comment. It’s interesting in looking at other blogs that explore race and anti-racism from different perspectives–sometimes it seems hard to know where to begin. One perspective (I might have seen it on a blog called ‘things white people do’) that had never occurred to me is that some minorities might be offended if someone from the majority group attended their event. But I think we have to take risks and continue to push ahead across the divide!

Deanna

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