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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Seriously, this is what I can't stand about DCUM!

Why should this be reported? She made NO racist statement. Simply asked if there were white nannies around. Maybe she wants to be friends with them? Who cares why? It is EXACTLY like the filipina nanny post. Yet no one screamed racist at that.

And i am not white, so do not claim that I am now racist. In fact, if the reason she posted this was because she only wanted white friends, I would think she was dispicable. But I would NOT yell troll, report it or anything else. Because right now, I have no clue why she posted this. But it is not blatant racism. It is similar to many other posts! Just because it says "white" does not mean it's racist.

With that being said, I will respond to OP. No, not that I know of. You might want to move to a less racially diverse area if you want that. If you want to live here, you are going to have to mix with other races. [/quote]

It is racist to say "I'm looking for some white nannies to hang out with." Why? Because she is intentionally excluding everyone else. When you exclude people based on their skin color, we call that racism.[/quote]

Do you think the Filipina nanny post was racist? Do you think the SAHM playgroups are classist? Do you think the people looking for US born nannies are xenophobic?

She was not excluding anyone. She wanted to know where the white people were. That's cool. Go and find some white nannies! Who cares???

I think it's crazy people are jumping up and reporting her. That means that you need to report all the other nannies that seek out the company of people that are like them. Go to ANY playground where nannies frequent and tell me how many groups are divided by the nationality of the nanny. It is the EXACT same thing! [/quote]

I specifically said that asking for a nanny who spoke a particular language was fine.

I said that asking for a nanny with a particular country of origin was also acceptable because there can be cultural issues at play that may be desirable (or not), or a nanny may just want to meet some people from her home country or an MB might want to know her nanny has a higher likelihood of subscribing to specific cultural customs or beliefs.

A SAHM group is a SAHM group because WAHM/WOHMs are not available to attend playgroups. Because they are working. Obviously. I'm sure if a working mom had Tuesday off the SAHM group would welcome her presence.

I didn't see the Filipina nanny post so I can't say if I found it objectionable or not, but I'm guessing that falls under the umbrella of "country of origin" and has a higher likelihood of being acceptable. [/quote]

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