Mural found on Messeweg, Braunschweig - no idea who the artist or where the wine store is, but, early as it is, I could need a glass...
12:15 they go on my chin and I´m scared as hell. Ingo says it does not hurt when they remove the stitches, but I´m not so sure....
Aunt Emma (in my hometown Seesen)... I remember our French teacher, Mr. B... he´s had it one time.
He left the room and locked it - he just forgot we´re ground level.
We certainly opened the window (it was "Gymnasium" / secondary school) and took off to Aunt Emma, a little Kiosk and got us some...
That´s a German bun with a Neger- or, as we´re not allowed to call it that way anymore Schokokuss inbetween, a Chocolate-coated marshmallow treat.
Oh, come on, a kiss from a "Negro" sounds much sweeter and was always meant as compliment to the cute guys!
This is for Sami´s COLOURFULWORLD Monday Murals.
Henry 🦁
Yeah, you can talk...
Oh, disclaimer, if someone pops in later:
Some of you got me totally wrong. Neger - or Negerkuss - in Germany is a nice, cute addressing.
Also I think "black" is more hurtful, they are not black, huh? And the slogan, well. All lives matter is what I think.
Here in Germany women want to be treated the same as men (and that´s the right thing! Except for jobs where strength is needed, maybe, I could never compete with a man there ;-)...) - yet some women at the same time want men to open doors for them and be addressed first... It´s a weird world at times.
Neger is nothing disrespectful here (some have different words, which I will not write down here).
Also I think "black" is more hurtful, they are not black, huh? And the slogan, well. All lives matter is what I think.
Here in Germany women want to be treated the same as men (and that´s the right thing! Except for jobs where strength is needed, maybe, I could never compete with a man there ;-)...) - yet some women at the same time want men to open doors for them and be addressed first... It´s a weird world at times.
Neger is nothing disrespectful here (some have different words, which I will not write down here).
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Another coincidence: when I was in school, there was a little shop with all kinds of sweets and we called it tante
We always bought negro-kisses in Dutch negerzoen. Can 't use that word today, but I still love them
Now that´s too funny indeed!
Well and sad, to me it will always be a Negerkuss! I´m stubborn in that.
And I do dare. I hugged "Neger", male and female.
I'm not a wine fan but I hope your chin is healing up nicely.
We take wine but for cooking. There is some left. ... no, kidding. But I´m nervous.
Everything is so politically correct nowadays that names of things have to change! Coon cheese no longer has that name for example!
Cute mural at Aunt Emma's :)
Hope you're not in too much pain still. Removing stitches is easy and quick.
Thanks for participating in Monday Murals Iris.
I know.... SO SAD. So stupid.
To me it will always be COON!
Words... "don´t come easy...." I do know the history behind it, but I think it´s a tad too much about the name. It´s the yummiest cheese for crying out loud (we don´t have anything like that here).
Hm. So, you´re with Ingo.
But it still hurts and there a a "knobble". 2 hours to go.
It's a matter of respect for me--this naming stuff--and as a white person, it's not for me to decide what is and is not acceptable for someone who has been the victim of institutional and systemic racism, which is what those names illustrate.
I hope your stitch removal is painless!
...I'm with Henry, water is my choice too!
You can have a glass when you get home and celebrate the stitches coming out. I know you can handle it Iris. You live in Braunschweig, home of Henry. And so you have to be brave and fearless. It will go well. Positive thoughts! Happy Monday. Hugs-Erika
Shari, yes. They were really nice people, too. Not all, but these.
Removal was... OK :-)
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Tom, I skipped the wine, too ;-)
Erika, cheers with Ramen, Gilmore Girls and a beer :-) Hugs :-)
Ingo was right, didn´t hurt that bad, phew.
Haha. Humorous post! Iris, please check your email regarding my book.
I also find some racist remarks hurtful and would never repeat them. Some words may have meant something different in years past, like "gay" used to mean a happy person. Now it has a new meaning, but much better than fag or other derogatory word.
The mural is nice, but I'll follow Henry's lead and drink water, thank you.
Glad your stitches came out fine.
I am with Henry too, water or Pepsi.
I don't drink alcohol and of course wine.
I am afraid I am missing something of special in my life ......
Skipping school for Aunt Emma. Too fun. We had a bakery kitty corner from the school called Sussenberger's. This was when I was in parochial school. The nuns used to forbid us from going to Sussenberger's. Didn't stop us from going and having a delicious donut and a fruit punch soda. Not long ago I asked my brother why the nuns didn't want us over at Sussenberger's. Apparently, there was a movie theater where they showed nudie movies 😱
Anytime is good time for wine. It'll help the pain. You have an excuse. I hope you got to have a glass or two.
That's a lovely painting, you found.
Feel better soon, Iris. :)
It makes me sad when people want to cling to old word usage or expressions that insult and oppress various ethnic and religious groups. Avoiding cruel behavior is not some fake political correctness. Their claim to be victimized if they can't keep using such expressions is appalling, when the real victims are truly deprived of dignity and opportunities.
I hope you recover quickly from your stitches.
best... mae at maefood.blogspot.com
Henry is thirsty.
Hope those stitches came out alright - it is not a procedure I was ever very fond of :)
Elizabeth & Mae, isn´t black as hurtful a word? Or even more? Some are of brown color, so I don´t think the word "Neger" is more charming and it was never meant in a mean way in Germany!
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Bill, yes, it still hurts, though ;-)
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Black Knight, we take wine but for goulash making :-)
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CJ, I can imagine nude movies and nuns is not a good combo, LOL.
But I think young girls are rather interested in sweets ;-)
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dee Nambiar, I´m German, it´s rather a beer - and that I had indeed :-)
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William, oh,, yes, never mess with a thirsty Lion, right?
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Margaret, how long will that still hurt, I wonder? But glad we have these methods, right? Ingo assumed without I´d look like.... Frankenstein comes to mind...
I prefer water too, don't like the taste of wine, not even in cooking.
We can buy biscuits here called "Royals" that are the same as the "kisses", a biscuit base topped with marshmallow then coated in chocolate. Dark chocolate for white marshmallow and milk chocolate for pink marshmallow. The dark is better, the milk too sweet.
I once bought Ingo a Birthday-cake. In your country. I chose "diet" and weeeee... that was still sooooo sweet.
Friends who don´t believe me when I say I don´t like sweets gave me Tim Tams. OHHH! Sweet. LOL. Ingo had to munch them up. Cause... they might melt on the way to the airport, right? And in Germany the mass would freeze on the way home.
Northern Territory Jerky, hmmmm.... no "kisses" ;-)
You wrote an answer to my post, which is relevant here more than on my blog which was on a different subject. What you said:
"Oh, and P.S. you got me totally wrong. Neger - or Negerkuss - in Germany is a nice, cute addressing. Also I think "black" is more hurtful, they are not black, huh? And the slogan, well. All lives matter is what I think. Here in Germany women want to be treated the same as men (and that´s the right thing! Except for jobs where strength is needed, maybe, I could never compete with a man there ;-)...) - yet some women at the same time want men to open doors for them and be addressed first... It´s a weird world at times. Neger is nothing disrespectful here (some have different words, which I will not write down here)."
My view is that we should listen to people and use words that they find ok, and not tell them what they should feel or think about their identity. I don't know what the implication of German words would be, only English.
Also, in the US, "all lives matter" is a very racist thing to say because it dismisses the issues that are being brought up, about racism and discrimination. The literal meaning is different from the context.
I´m so with you! As said, I won´t write down the words some racists used here. But... I once screamed at my Omi (Grandma) in excitement, "look, Omi, there´s a Neger!!!" (I was maybe 4) - and I got the biggest smile.
It´s really... well not like saying "sweetie", but similar.
Nothing racist at all.
Really.
But. I got called "whore" by (according to google translate) Syrian refugees. THAT is racism...
And at our international food festival I was served by people from Africa, Poland etc.. the I asked for a Falafel.
The Muslim, despite Ingo stood behind me, showing he is my Husband... nothing.
I wrote an e-mail to the local newspaper, "complaining"/telling of the incident - never even got an answer.
I could tell of more incidents of how "white" women (me, for example) are treated here by some...
It´s a very, very difficult subject and I think this stupidly will go on for a long time.
We don´t have Captain Kirk and his crew, huh.
196.... 5? they dreamed we´re all but one people.
Things are very different in the US and Germany, and attitudes are very different.
I honor the preferences of the people the terms refer to. I use whichever they prefer and avoid the ones they find offensive. It hurts me not at all to avoid offense in this way. Things may be different there, but here "All Lives Matter" has a meaning beyond the direct meaning of the words. All houses matter, but if yours is the one on fire "All houses matter" is not the thing to say when you're calling for the fire truck.
Mae, yes. No more to add, somehow.
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Divers and Sundry - shoot, you are right!!!
Wish John Lennon was right with "Imagine"...
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