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The woman who was interviewed on CBC yesterday said one of your purposes was to neutralize racism, which I completely agree with. So, why is it when I pick up my Sunday Toronto Star is there a big article about a Supt. Hope being the highest ranking black officer in the Ontario Prov. Police? Why couldn't they just say he is very skilled, experienced, knowledgeable and probably will do a great job. I can see from his photo he is black, and so what. Why do these articles have to happen just because he is black? If the guy was white, I doubt there would even be an article. My point is not to belittle Supt. Hope's accomplishments. Undoubtedly he deserves his promotion based upon his merits. The OPP do need more personnel of various ethnicities and Hope's appointment is a step in the right direction. The fact he is non-white is good for the OPP. Do you think the media would have done the article if Hope was Italian, Portuguese, Asian, etc.? If they did, would they have referred to him as a man of Mediterranean colour, yellow or brown or if he was from Mars (as most men are) green?

I think that if you (we) want to level the field, that the media are a number one target to stop the unnecessary referral to one's colour, whatever it is, and simply refer to people as people. I can't recall one article I've ever read saying the person is a white person. If a photo or one's name indicates racial origin, that's fine. I guess I'm suggesting that a group such as yours who are tuned in daily to these issues and are monitoring the media might consider getting on the media's back for referrals to colour of people generally and black people in particular. On the nasty side of it, the Toronto media never seem to miss a step about constantly referring to some kid, who gets beat up (or is the beater upper) or worse killed, as being black, if he or she is. Yet they rarely refer to the white ones as being white, the assumption is everybody is white (or European ancestry) unless otherwise identified.

I don't believe in racism. Folks are folks. I admire diversity, different cultures, but rip the skin off and we're all the same.

Anyway, that's my little rant about all this.

Thanks for your ear.

Jim Perrin

Lucie, your work's become literally thick and layered with meaning, feelings, work. I
wish I could see it live.

Zoë

Simply - Thank you. My contention was always that we don't have enough discourse.
We need to keep talking - ennobling our existence here. Again -
Thank you

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Kenneth Hemmerick

See some recent gay-related works at:

the body internet
http://bodyinternet.tripod.com/ and my slide show at:
http://bodyinternet.tripod.com/page1.html

Charlie Khoury

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Kris Paez

All I can say is WOW...your work is incredible...I long to see more and drink
in the beauty of your creations. Thank you.....

Angela

Beautiful, wonderous images... do you maintain a gallery list of
where this work is and where the artists show?

Jackie Santos