tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36999428.post6424124543193743912..comments2023-05-30T14:52:34.494+02:00Comments on Our Wandering Family: How to Offend a Black New Yorker (from Sun City, South Africa)Liz Krafthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13950058909835551411noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36999428.post-16163700397339205472007-02-26T19:43:00.000+01:002007-02-26T19:43:00.000+01:00I'm glad to have been your "harlem connection!" t...I'm glad to have been your "harlem connection!" though, i'm not sure why, either, you used "obviously." i think it had less to do with PC and probably more to do with the idea behind the story--you were trying to say something without giving a long story which left out an important fact (that I was a white girl living in harlem) and so you used the word "obviously" because once you realized you needed to mention that tidbit in order to make your point, it just didn't come out of your mouth the way you intended. Make sense? Basically, don't overthink it! It was just a conversational faux pas not a PC faux pas.Jenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13407609481863131786noreply@blogger.com