<font color='black' size='3' face='Times New Roman, Times, serif'><font size="3">Jan's comments notwithstanding, I truly emphatize with the response of Wayne M. and Randy to the Pope Francis joke.</font>
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<div><font size="3">I am including a Monday submission on Mother's day. The section that includes Mary Lou happened in the 60s. It was traumatic then, there is still discomfort in the telling.</font></div>
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<div><font size="3">A more intense telling of experienced bigotry is a reflection after the White House correspondents' dinner. The website link is listed after my laid-back article.</font></div>
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<div class="MsoNormal"><b><font size="3">Mother’s Day USA<o:p></o:p></font></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal"><o:p><font size="3"> </font></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoNormal"><font size="3">I’ve already written of my <i>dia de mama mia </i>last Thursday.
We do not intend to repeat our parenting tribute. It is the “mother as a woman” that interests
us now, having touted in my own “political” journey the role of the women’s
revolution among the seven that accompanies my lifetime. <o:p></o:p></font></div>
<div class="MsoNormal"><o:p><font size="3"> </font></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoNormal"><font size="3">(For the curious, the other six are: ethnic minorities,
awakened youth, unified academé, 3rd world assertiveness, business glocalization,
and gray panthers.)<o:p></o:p></font></div>
<div class="MsoNormal"><o:p><font size="3"> </font></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoNormal"><font size="3">I encourage the Chinese students in my class to talk of the
subject they already know about without reading a book – themselves. As individuals and members of various societies
under the nebulous but imaginally homogenous China, one of the statistical
items they live with is that “for every 45 Chinese females, there are 55 males”. Attributed as a consequence of the one-child
family policy of China and the preference for boys, where girls are either
aborted or murdered, it reveals the depth of patriarchal malady embedded in the
culture.<o:p></o:p></font></div>
<div class="MsoNormal"><o:p><font size="3"> </font></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoNormal"><font size="3">However, a surprise came this week when one of the oral
English students identified himself in his introduction as Dong Linlin. The surname, he said, was from his father,
but the given name was after his mother.
My attention was properly perked up.
(I quietly sighed: here is hope for the five-millennia male-dominated <i>qipao/cheongsam </i>wearers after all.)<o:p></o:p></font></div>
<div class="MsoNormal"><o:p><font size="3"> </font></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoNormal"><font size="3">The normal pattern in China is for a child to be given the
father’s surname, in reference to the identity of “place” of origin as family
names are derived from geographical places.
The given name usually describes the pleasant physical features of the
child, or the parents’ hopes and dreams for their offspring, often influenced
by the time of birth of the child, or any other incidence of chance or good
fortune, e.g., the year of the dragon. But, never that of the mother!<o:p></o:p></font></div>
<div class="MsoNormal"><o:p><font size="3"> </font></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoNormal"><font size="3">I mention in class when I do my intro that the practice of
naming a child by the father and mother’s names together is the case in
Hispanic-influenced countries. Northern
Europe is where the English and the Americans derive their practice where only
the<span style="font-family:"Times New Roman""> patriarch’s</span> name applies. I was <i>Señor
Ravelo en España</i> (also in Venezuela, Guatemala, Chile and Peru) in the
early 80s, particularly when I was greeted at the Madrid airport after our
African pedagogical trek was shortened by malaria in Nigeria. Finding myself recuperating on the plaza del
Prado in Madrid after Air Iberia misplaced my luggage, I discovered how
singularly important my mother’s name was in the culture.<o:p></o:p></font></div>
<div class="MsoNormal"><o:p><font size="3"> </font></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoNormal"><font size="3">Traditional mothers in the Marianas cling to their
preeminence in the transmittal of real estate ownership. One of my teacher acquaintances in Saipan
birthed three boys with her husband who she refused to marry in order to cling
to the prerogative of determining the disposal of her properties. Oh, they were a functioning family all right,
but <i>sans </i>the blessings <i>del Padre</i> nor the legal strictures of <i>da Judge.</i> The children carried their mother’s name.<o:p></o:p></font></div>
<div class="MsoNormal"><o:p><font size="3"> </font></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoNormal"><font size="3">My children are legally registered with their mother’s name
as their middle name. Thus, it came as a
delight to read Clay McCollough-Stearns’ hyphenated name in a report of his athletic
prowess on the sports’ page of the <i>Tribune
</i>last week<i>. </i>I am sure, no one is calling him Clay McCollough
at Eye Ess, in the same way I am referred to in some places as <i>Señor Ravelo,</i> but the published
hyphenated mom-dad-name mirrors a family already ahead of its time when I made
their acquaintance a decade ago.<o:p></o:p></font></div>
<div class="MsoNormal"><o:p><font size="3"> </font></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoNormal"><font size="3">Janet McCollough, PhD, and Tony Stearns, MD, champion Hobie
sailing duo, were guests at my ecumenical Saipan wedding. Janet always went by her name; she is known in my
Church that engaged her psychological “counseling” services. UMC ecclesiastical colleagues determined that
my personal behavior was ill suited to the Saipan parish requirements, so I
voluntarily “defrock” myself of ordination. <o:p></o:p></font></div>
<div class="MsoNormal"><o:p><font size="3"> </font></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoNormal"><font size="3">Dr. Stearns, in my experience, remained a gentle and ever
health-conscious physician who was never in a hurry to prescribe highly
marketed pharma remedies, nor casually resort to the overrated healing
intervention of the scalpel. <o:p></o:p></font></div>
<div class="MsoNormal"><o:p><font size="3"> </font></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoNormal"><font size="3">However, the now strapping Clay in the papers was (along
with his sister) but a stripling twig in my memory.<o:p></o:p></font></div>
<div class="MsoNormal"><o:p><font size="3"> </font></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoNormal"><font size="3">In the late sixties, grandma of my four grandsons Mary Lou saw
with me <i>Fiddler on the Roof </i>on stage
in Chicago. She lived then in what was
still lily-white suburban Glen Ellyn, close to an hour’s train ride away. An awakened product of protected Illini existence,
not unlike that of Hillary Rodham (almost her age), when I walked Mary Lou back
to the train station, a wino on Madison Avenue came from one of the alleys,
grabbed my arm, and with an inebriated glare, asked: “What are you doing with
the white girl, boy?”<o:p></o:p></font></div>
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<div class="MsoNormal"><font size="3">For two decades, the “white girl” and I, and a slew of colleagues,
staffed the trenches of the seven revolutions of my time, including that of her
gender. She has since turn pro in geriatric
care!<o:p></o:p></font></div>
<div class="MsoNormal"><o:p><font size="3"> </font></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoNormal"><font size="3">Today is Mother’s Day USA in a-day-behind America. My macho nod leans heavily toward hailing
the likes of Lin Lin, Janet, and Mary Lou.
May they continue to lead sisters in getting their offspring carry their
mother’s names!<o:p></o:p></font></div>
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<div style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: helvetica, arial; color: black; ">-----Original Message-----<br>
From: Janice Ulangca <aulangca@stny.rr.com><br>
To: Order Ecumenical Community <oe@lists.wedgeblade.net><br>
Sent: Wed, May 8, 2013 11:23 am<br>
Subject: Re: [Oe List ...] Pope Francis<br>
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<div><font size="2" face="Arial">And I agree with everybody - first, with Jaime -
then with all who have commented. What! How can that be!
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<div><font size="2" face="Arial">Part of me says " Oh, that was funny - good on you,
Jaime. And good you recognize that it's on an edge ... not
necessarily good for everyone." The truth in it about the new Pope is that
he <u>has</u> done startling things - like kissing the feet of women at
the footwashing ceremony ... So a mischeivous person could make a
joke that would allow him to be even more daring - and maybe he will be
someday. </font></div>
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<div><font size="2" face="Arial">But then part of me says, "Gee, I'm glad that
colleagues are sensitive to people who've been made fun of and demeaned in so
many ways - we all need that awareness ..." </font></div>
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<div><font size="2" face="Arial">Thanks to all.</font></div>
<div><font size="2" face="Arial">Janice Ulangca</font></div>
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<div style="FONT: 10pt arial; BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; font-color: black"><b>From:</b>
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<div style="FONT: 10pt arial"><b>To:</b> <a title="oe@lists.wedgeblade.net" href="mailto:oe@lists.wedgeblade.net">Order Ecumenical Community</a> </div>
<div style="FONT: 10pt arial"><b>Cc:</b> <a title="oe@lists.wedgeblade.net" href="mailto:oe@lists.wedgeblade.net">Order Ecumenical Community</a> </div>
<div style="FONT: 10pt arial"><b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, May 07, 2013 10:39
PM</div>
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Francis</div>
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<div>Marshall, good point. I agree. </div>
<div>Randy<br>
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On May 7, 2013, at 9:01 PM, "W. J." <<a href="mailto:synergi@yahoo.com">synergi@yahoo.com</a>> wrote:<br>
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<div><font size="4">Instead of complaining about your poor taste in managing
to offend a whole lot of sensitive people with one punch line, Jaime, I
simply quote Little Richard's original lyrics (according to
Wikipedia):</font></div>
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<div><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 23px; FONT-FAMILY: sans-serif">"Tutti Frutti,
good booty</span></div>
<div><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 23px; FONT-FAMILY: sans-serif">If it don't
fit, don't force it</span></div>
<div><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 23px; FONT-FAMILY: sans-serif">You can grease
it, make it easy"</span></div>
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<div style="FONT-FAMILY: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif"><font size="4">This lyric is culturally interesting, but I doubt it would
significantly advance global human evolution to distract this listserv with
jokes or commentary about these words. We can no longer afford to resort to
stereotypes to joke about the imagined sexual activities of any minority
groups. Little Richard was both black and gay. So if you have any
understanding of how these two groups have suffered historically, you
wouldn't resort to humor at their expense. I like watermelon, but I don't
make watermelon jokes. Et cetera.</font></div>
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<div style="FONT-FAMILY: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif"><font size="4">Marshall</font></div>
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<b><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">From:</span></b><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"> Jaime R Vergara <<a href="mailto:svesjaime@aol.com">svesjaime@aol.com</a>></span><br>
<b style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">To:</span></b><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"> <a href="mailto:oe@wedgeblade.net">oe@wedgeblade.net</a></span><br>
<b style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Sent:</span></b><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">
Tue, May 7, 2013 5:14:51 PM</span><br>
<b style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Subject:</span></b><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">
[Oe List ...] Pope Francis</span><br>
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<font style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt" color="black" size="3" face="Times New Roman, Times, serif"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman, Times, serif"><span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(255,255,255)">Subject:</span><span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(255,255,255)"> A Roman</span><span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(255,255,255)"> Catholic
Recognition</span><br style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(255,255,255)"><br style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(255,255,255)">Here is the latest from our newly
ordained Pope Francis. </span><span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(255,255,255)">If you are Catholic, particularly
a Filipino Catholic who takes controversial issues to the side of levity,
you'll appreciate this.</span><br style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(255,255,255)"><br style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(255,255,255)">Pope Francis recently finished
his sermon. He ended it with the Latin phrase, "Tuti Homini" - Blessed be
Mankind.</span><br style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(255,255,255)"><br style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(255,255,255)">A Woman's Rights Group approached
the Pope the next day. They noticed that the Pope blessed all Mankind, but
not Womankind.</span><br style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(255,255,255)"><br style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(255,255,255)">So the next day, after his
sermon, the Pope concluded by saying, "Tuti Homini, et Tuti Femini" -
Blessed be Mankind and Womankind.</span><br style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(255,255,255)"><br style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(255,255,255)">The day after, a Gay Rights Group
approached the Pope. They said that they noticed that he blessed Mankind and
Womankind and asked if he could also bless gay people.</span><br style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(255,255,255)"><br style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(255,255,255)">The Pope said, "Sure."</span><br style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(255,255,255)"><br style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(255,255,255)">The next day the Pope concluded
his sermon with, "Tuti Homini, et Tuti Femini, et Tuti
Fruiti."</span></font>
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<div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman, Times, serif">With apologies to
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