[MR] Asian Personas
M'lady Foxy
angellfoxx at yahoo.com
Mon Sep 21 08:25:37 PDT 2009
I have said my peace and believe I have defended my honor since my name was called out so(and here is only myself to defend it) therefor I step back and allow the drinks to flow and bards to sing again of battles and loves past.....
--- On Mon, 9/21/09, Lady Rhiannon of Berra <ladyrhi at gmail.com> wrote:
> From: Lady Rhiannon of Berra <ladyrhi at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [MR] Asian Personas
> To: atlantia at atlantia.sca.org
> Date: Monday, September 21, 2009, 9:11 AM
> Okay folks... a comment was made,
> offense was taken, apologies and
> explanations have all ensued and been accepted, can we now
> please play
> together nicely and move on?
>
> Rhiannon
> (it's too early on a Monday for drama)
>
> On Mon, Sep 21, 2009 at 11:05 AM, M'lady Foxy <angellfoxx at yahoo.com>
> wrote:
>
> > My comment was not meant to be racist but yet state
> that because the SCA is
> > such an open forum for learning about different
> cultures it it allows people
> > to also live in that culture that may not be a part of
> their own past
> > (Steven as example).I do a Irish persona because I
> chose to built my persona
> > based on my past (my sca name Ceitinn is the actual
> Gaelic spelling of my
> > mundane name even used by actual family members not so
> long in the
> > past).This not not by any means mean that one should
> or is required to
> > follow their own past but yet follow interests
> whatever culture or time
> > period they may be regardless of physical looks.
> >
> > --- On Mon, 9/21/09, Steven Chang <moondragn at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >
> > > From: Steven Chang <moondragn at gmail.com>
> > > Subject: Re: [MR] Asian Personas
> > > To: "Smith CTR Jeffrey C" <jeffrey.c.smith.ctr at usmc.mil>
> > > Cc: "Merry Rose" <atlantia at atlantia.sca.org>
> > > Date: Monday, September 21, 2009, 8:41 AM
> > > Neither I nor foxy mentioned anything
> > > that was remotely Racist. I
> > > personally started my Scottish persona, because
> one of the
> > > people in
> > > the SCA that originally recruited me into the SCA
> had a
> > > Japanese
> > > persona. He was scottish with red hair.
> > >
> > > He went by a long Japanese name but his nick name
> when you
> > > shortened
> > > it, happened to be my real life name shortened.
> So
> > > everytime someone
> > > called him I would turn around looking.
> > >
> > > Finally I just decided well if there could be
> Scottish
> > > Japanese
> > > personas then there could be Chinese Scottish
> personas.
> > >
> > > Thats how I ended up with a Scottish Persona.
> > >
> > > -Donal Maclauren
> > >
> > > On 9/21/09, Smith CTR Jeffrey C <jeffrey.c.smith.ctr at usmc.mil>
> > > wrote:
> > > > I agree. I thought the whole thread
> was rather
> > > light-hearted. I also have
> > > > difficulty seeing racism in "you can be
> anyone you
> > > want to be in the SCA",
> > > > but maybe I'm seeing things wrong.
> > > >
> > > > SBJ
> > > >
> > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > From: atlantia-bounces at seahorse.atlantia.sca.org
> > > > [mailto:atlantia-bounces at seahorse.atlantia.sca.org]
> > > On Behalf Of Jim
> > > > Sent: Monday, September 21, 2009 10:28
> > > > To: Atlantia List
> > > > Subject: Re: [MR] Asian Personas
> > > >
> > > > I don't know, but I took that post that he
> was amused
> > > by the notion, not
> > > > upset by it. There's nothing wrong
> with doing
> > > whatever persona you choose,
> > > > but you gotta admit, some of the possible
> combinations
> > > can give you one of
> > > > those "one of these things is not like the
> other"
> > > moments...
> > > >
> > > > --- On Mon, 9/21/09, sigrune at aol.com
> > > <sigrune at aol.com>
> > > wrote:
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > From: sigrune at aol.com
> > > <sigrune at aol.com>
> > > > Subject: Re: [MR] Asian Personas
> > > > To: atlantia at atlantia.sca.org
> > > > Date: Monday, September 21, 2009, 10:22 AM
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Yeah, it is almost as bad as the norse
> personas that
> > > wear glasses, drink
> > > > beer out of cans and wear converse
> footwear.
> > > >
> > > > We gonna start critisizing people that their
> race does
> > > not fit the culture
> > > > they are portraying now?
> > > > You know, I never have heard of someone
> critisizing my
> > > friend James (of
> > > > african-american ancestry) from portraying
> an English
> > > longbowman form the
> > > > hundred years war... Should I call him
> up and tell
> > > him people are disturbed
> > > > by that?
> > > >
> > > > Get a grip people, I though we were above
> racisim.
> > > >
> > > > -Takeda (a white guy protraying a samurai)
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > From: M'lady Foxy <angellfoxx at yahoo.com>
> > > > Sent: Thu, Sep 17, 2009 9:07 pm
> > > > Subject: Re: [MR] Asian Personas
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > I personally like the Asian personnia with
> blonde hair
> > > blue eyes
> > > > myself...though just goes to show you can be
> anyone
> > > you want to be in the
> > > > SCA...
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
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