Glossary entry (derived from question below)
English term or phrase:
happenstance of skin color
French translation:
caractère aléatoire de la couleur de la peau
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François Rossi
May 25, 2004 10:01
19 yrs ago
English term
happenstance of skin color
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Is this an ironic comment on whites obsessive preoccupation with the happenstance of skin color ?Or does it allude to the fateful influence that race has on the lives of Afro-Americans ?
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François Rossi
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caractère aléatoire/accidentel de la couleur de la peau
n : an event that might have been arranged although it was really accidental. [Syn.] coincidence.
Happenstance = it just happens.
"Est-ce un commentaire ironique sur la préoccupation des blancs quant au caractère aléatoire / accidentel de la couleur de la peau ?"
Ou encore peut-être l'idée de loterie.
Happenstance = it just happens.
"Est-ce un commentaire ironique sur la préoccupation des blancs quant au caractère aléatoire / accidentel de la couleur de la peau ?"
Ou encore peut-être l'idée de loterie.
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Comment: "merci"
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Jordane Boury
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hasard (coïncidence) lié(e) à la couleur de la peau
happenstance = coïncidence ou hasard (souvent heureux)... mais je ne vois pas trop ce que ça vient faire là.
Peut-être que, si tu nous donnais le "commentaire en question, ce serait plus clair?
"hap·pen·stance
Pronunciation: 'ha-p&n-"stan(t)s, 'ha-p&m-
Function: noun
Etymology: happen + circumstance
: a circumstance especially that is due to chance"
"happenstance [Show phonetics]
noun [C or U] MAINLY US
chance or a chance situation, especially one producing a good result:
By (a strange) happenstance they were both in Paris at the same time"
Peut-être que, si tu nous donnais le "commentaire en question, ce serait plus clair?
"hap·pen·stance
Pronunciation: 'ha-p&n-"stan(t)s, 'ha-p&m-
Function: noun
Etymology: happen + circumstance
: a circumstance especially that is due to chance"
"happenstance [Show phonetics]
noun [C or U] MAINLY US
chance or a chance situation, especially one producing a good result:
By (a strange) happenstance they were both in Paris at the same time"
Reference:
http://www.m-w.com/cgi-bin/dictionary?book=Dictionary&va=happenstance
http://dictionary.cambridge.org/define.asp?key=35688&dict=CALD
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(obsession exagérée des blancs) avec le phénomène aléatoire/imprévisible la couleur de la peau
les blancs semblent obsédés par la couleur de la peau, en soi une chose complètement aléatoire
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