S & S Habib,
Thanks for your help to make me realize Ermias is just joking. Pardon me
for not being able to see humor in negative stereotypes.
Selam and ridette to allof us.
Salome Gebre-Egziabher
On Fri, 2 May 1997, S & S Habib wrote:
> He was just joking. Don't take it very hard.
>
> ----------
> > From: Salome Gebre-Egziabher <sge@UMICH.EDU>
> > To: ERMIAS ALEM <ermias@HOTMAIL.COM>
> > Cc: dehai@primenet.com
> > Subject: Re: [DEHAI] jokes about eritrean girls :)
> > Date: Friday, May 02, 1997 2:10 PM
> >
> >
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> *
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> *
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> *
> >
> >
> >
> > Dear Ermias,
> >
> > I find the jokes you sent about Eritrean girls/women and women in
> > general VERY, VERY, VERY, OFFENSIVE AND TASTELESS. Please know we have
> > brains and we use them too. Be sensitive and shade of your stereotypes
> of
> > girls/women. Remember it was Ada Lovelace's work on how a machine could
> > be used to perform mathematical operations that helped Charles Babbage
> > build the first computer. Given on how schools and college curriculua
> > are youmay not have known about this. FRom the great minds of women
> great
> > things have been created.
> >
> >
> > Selam and ridette to all of us.
> >
> > Salome Gebre-Egziabher
> >
> >
> > On Fri, 2 May 1997, ERMIAS ALEM wrote:
> >
> > >
> > > * Dehai Retreat '97 in Eritrea: contact pnatnael@nodc.noaa.gov
> *
> > > * Win a round trip ticket to Eritrea for a $10 raffle and help
> Eritrean *
> > > * War Vetrans get a computer: contact yonasa@ibm.net
> *
> > >
> > >
> > > Selam all,
> > >
> > > Q: How do you confuse an eritrean girl?
> > > A: You can't. They are born this way.
> > >
> > > Q: Why can't girls call 911?
> > > A: They can't find the "11" button.
> > >
> > > Q: How do you know when a girl has used her computer?
> > > A: There is a white-out all over the screen.
> > >
> > >
> > > Hey, no offense, just jokes :))
> > >
> > > EA
> > >
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