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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I take issue with the stereotypes perpetuated in this thread. Just because OP believes and identifies and self-stereotypes, doesn't mean it's a good thing. In fact, it's bad precisely for those reasons.
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Do you think she was being serious?

I suspect that OP was just using shorthand for a bunch of stereotypes about white urban women with which we're all well-acquainted, and which get to the heart of how she may soon be perceived.  (Bless her for her brevity, which is more than I can say for myself.)  The truth is that those perceptions often stand, at least for a while, when people meet unfamilar others.  Now, whether or not those perceptions are realistic is a whole different matter.

Anyway, I get the whole "the master's tools will never dismantle the master's house" thing (even though OP isn't exactly in a position of oppression in this instance), but I equally believe in our right to define ourselves how we choose.  (Just ask anyone who's oppressed.  The negation of our self-definitions is why stereotypes are dangerous, I think.)

Ironically, in this case a bunch of posters have done exactly that...defined OP without really knowing her.  Wouldn't you say?

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