@DutchessOfDork: It's changed dramatically in the former Yugoslavia as well.

@TopLevelExecutive: I never watched Arrested Development so I can't compare the two - but Modern Family is very good.

@SniperAndAPastryChef: Very true. I tried finding a beautiful, English-language article about exactly this but couldn't.

@Allow Your ____ To Be Free: It's very important to understand the point of view of those who perpetrate any genocide. Dismissing them as monsters is fair but it is, in the end, counter-productive because it robs the victims of a means of understanding and it diminishes efforts to prevent such a thing from happening…

@YoungBayardRustin: Oh, that's one thing I really fear - being treated as black people were. I was lucky. Even though we were targeted because we were Muslim - we were still Slavic, we spoke the same language as our non-Muslim neighbors, shared the same culture, dressed the same, etc. All I had to do to hide was…

So sad.

I think she's very beautiful. She does a lot of things with her hair and make-up that are very popular in the Balkans - and she has the bouncing hair/breasts everyone tries to get with their style. If I passed her in the street, I'd ask where she got her hair done. ;)

Such a good message. And good, less deeply, but still good, for heterosexuals also!

@BringerofthePain: I'm reading this with a wide-eyed smile, just so you know. I find it so interesting. I'd love to study genetics, I think.

@BringerofthePain: I'm reading this with a wide-eyed smile, just so you know. I find it so interesting. I'd love to study genetics, I think.

@cinderellalyssa: Nice! I consider the North to be Arab. It's a popular tourist destination for Balkanites, especially Tunisia because they actively court us with specials, tourist offices, etc.

@cinderellalyssa: Nice! I consider the North to be Arab. It's a popular tourist destination for Balkanites, especially Tunisia because they actively court us with specials, tourist offices, etc.

@omgitslisa: Ha! Too cute.

@Moretta: Well I'm doubly wrong, ha! Where's the delete button on my first post?

@BringerofthePain: I've noticed that.

@Rbkboot: I think Sasha is (although that's a Slavic boy's name). I like Yasmin too - close to Jasmina (we pronounce J as Y, so it's said Yass-mee-na), a woman's name.

@Rbkboot: I think Sasha is (although that's a Slavic boy's name). I like Yasmin too - close to Jasmina (we pronounce J as Y, so it's said Yass-mee-na), a woman's name.

It's BS when I'm Slavic and my skin tone as is dark as the one who is supposed to be black?

It's BS when I'm Slavic and my skin tone as is dark as the one who is supposed to be black?

I don't care what's in the bag. Let me at the pants. That man... he doesn't have the best smile, or the best eyes... but he has the best interaction, combination of smile and eyes.