moksha wrote:I think the positive benefit to this program was helping these youth share a common experience with another culture, rather than viewing it as an attempt at the Delightsomization of the Lamanites.
Dcharle wrote:It might be a positive way to view the program today but it most certainly was not the intent at the time. We were out to help the brown people become more like us!
Cultural exposure vs. Delightsomization.
As far as my parents are concerned, these are not contradictory sentiments. It was for precisely these reasons that my parents accepted a Lamanite student into our home in southern California. Her name was Marla M. and she hailed from the Pima reservation in Arizona. I often wonder what became of her. My parents, however, made it clear to my siblings and I that we were not to marry outside our race.
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As far as my parents are concerned, these are not contradictory sentiments. It was for precisely these reasons that my parents accepted a Lamanite student into our home in southern California. Her name was Marla M. and she hailed from the Pima reservation in Arizona. I often wonder what became of her. My parents, however, made it clear to my siblings and I that we were not to marry outside our race.
Pity, my wife is half Yaqui. She is beautiful, sweet and truly the nicest human being I've ever met. Not delightsome, though, by your parents standards.
You should try to track down Marla. Maybe I will try to track down Floyd (my Navajo friend) just to see what happened to him.
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Quasimodo wrote:Pity, my wife is half Yaqui. She is beautiful, sweet and truly the nicest human being I've ever met.
Glad to hear it, but I'm not surprised. After completing a mission to New Zealand, a good friend of mine headed back there and married a stunningly beautiful Maori girl. For a while I was insanely jealous.
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Quasimodo wrote:You should try to track down Marla.
I wouldn't know where to begin!
I hear you. Looking for Floyd has those same problems. I do know his last name and that might make it easier. A place to start.
It's a good bet that Marla has married and that would make things a little more difficult.
On the bright side, I'm guessing that the Pima are a fairly small community. If you know Marla's maiden name, I think there may be a good chance that someone in the Pima tribe knows who she is.
This, or any other post that I have made or will make in the future, is strictly my own opinion and consequently of little or no value.
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Quasimodo wrote:On the bright side, I'm guessing that the Pima are a fairly small community. If you know Marla's maiden name, I think there may be a good chance that someone in the Pima tribe knows who she is.
Thanks, I'll give it a try. I think she was from somewhere near Pima, AZ.
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Quasimodo wrote:You should try to track down Marla.
I wouldn't know where to begin!
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