Tuesday, July 8, 2003BEING YOUR AGEHande was a smart, young, Turkish woman I hired fresh out of grad school. She was ambitious, wanted to be a filmmaker, and get her green card. If she came to work for me I offered to help her reach those goals. She was very organized and as I found out, a bit authoritarian. Her dad was an officer in... Sign in to see full entry.posted by Cynthia at 6:48 PM Comments (0) (link) GRANDMA AND THE "N" WORDGrandma used to mutter about "niggers" under her breath, usually when she was doing dishes. She was getting pretty old by then but otherwise was still mentally and physically sound. It would make me feel uncomfortable, but I never called her on it because it seemed out of character. I loved her and... Sign in to see full entry.posted by Cynthia at 1:19 PM Comments (1) (link) |
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