Anyways, on another note, my password’s still not working. :’(

On the other hand, I must defend Miss A. Although personally I don’t see anything bad about putting up the monkeys, I do realize that ‘race’ is a big issue in the USA. Being aware of the past and of the current situation in which people are still being treated differently because of their color, makes me understand miss A.’s reaction. So although I stil believe that these monkeys are harmless and there is nothing wrong with putting them up, I think that Miss A,’s colleague’s reaction is a bit too harsh on Miss A.

When I hear the word “monkey,” I think of…monkeys…and maybe bananas on occasion. My eighty-three year old grandmother may not feel the same way however. Furthermore, my neices who are grade school aged children would look at me crazy if I asked them if the word “monkey” made them think of African Americans. I think the degree of offensiveness generated depends first on age, secondly on mindset, and third of all an exposure to less widely discussed topics in history.

Are you being too sensitive? YES! Let’s go on a slippery slope for a moment…would you be offended if she wanted to decorate her room with watermelons or crackers (even though the term “cracker” comes from the sound of the whips slavemasters used to torment slaves and not the food we eat with soup.) Now if the watermelon had a bucket of Church’s Chicken sitting next to it I might be inclined to think otherwise. That’s taking it to a whole other level! LOL!

At any rate, she’s got the bees up now so I guess it really doesn’t matter. As for you, there are many more racially derrogatory things to get upset about than this. I can appreciate your sensitivity to the subject and for your not wanting to offend anyone, but how far is too far???