Amen, Brother!! Let's burn all the stereotypes and try to remember
that there are a couple of common bonds among all of us that reach
across the entire spectrum. We all have a competitive spirit and we
all enjoy having fun in our cars. What more could you ask for?!?
Well, OK, but she'd have to be about 45 and very well preserved!!!
8<{)
John (Old Fartz & TLS #37) Lieberman
The Narbys wrote:
>
> If you change the "i" in "ricer" to an "a" you get the name of another
> group that has suffered (and continues to suffer) a ton of negative
> stereotypes.
>
> Back in the 1950 and 60's, which some of you may be old enough to
> remember (I am not), people assumed lots of things about anyone who
> raced cars. Like: they drank, womanized, had poor or no values, etc and
> so on...watch some old movies that depict the "hot rod" crowd. Sound
> familiar? Does it describe you? Probably no better than the worthless
> "ricer" stereotype describes whoever the hell people are trying to
> describe when they say "ricer".
>
> It is interesting to note that those old stereotypes grew up when most
> everyone in the sport was a white male, too - not sure what that means,
> but seems like we always need someone to badmouth, and if there isn't
> anyone around who looks/acts/talks different than us, we will start in
> on each other.
>
> Stereotypes are the last refuge of minds ill-equipped to deal with the
> complexity that real life in the 90's offers. Complexity that many of us
> embrace and rejoice in.
>
> <sarcasm mode engaged>
> I am German by ancestry, does that make me a "nazi"? I autocrossed my
> friend's Civic Si last weekend - does that make me a "ricer"?
>
> Oh yeah I have piercings and a tattoo, also, so maybe that wrecks my
> credibility for some of you! Probably knowing that I have a Ph.D. in
> Social Psychology would bring the credibility back for some and label me
> as a flaming liberal for others....LOL - what a pleasant simple world it
> must be when everyone can be defined in terms of a few simple traits and
> labeled and set aside...
>
> <sarcasm mode to max>
> And as a parting shot, what about the stereotype that SCCA members are a
> bunch of hidebound upper class elitist snobby twits? I have heard that
> one sometimes too....
> <sarcasm mode off>
>
> Doug
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