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  1. Xref: sparky alt.discrimination:4719 soc.culture.african.american:11483
  2. Newsgroups: alt.discrimination,soc.culture.african.american
  3. Path: sparky!uunet!s5!sethb
  4. From: sethb@fid.morgan.com (Seth Breidbart)
  5. Subject: Re: Racist/Sexist Role Models
  6. Message-ID: <1992Nov23.230243.4177@fid.morgan.com>
  7. Organization: my opinions only
  8. References: <1992Nov21.044707.19152@samba.oit.unc.edu> <1992Nov23.210733.8272@athena.mit.edu> <1992Nov23.223733.14464@samba.oit.unc.edu>
  9. Distribution: usa
  10. Date: Mon, 23 Nov 1992 23:02:43 GMT
  11. Lines: 16
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  13. In article <1992Nov23.223733.14464@samba.oit.unc.edu>
  14. Terry.Parks@launchpad.unc.edu (Terry Parks) writes:
  15.  
  16. >>I fail to see how expressing a desire to increase the number of black engineers
  17. >>is overt racism.  Please explain yourself.
  18. >
  19. >Increasing the number of black engineers by definition requires racial
  20. >discrimination. Engaging in racial discrimination is by definition racism.
  21.  
  22. No it doesn't.  If the number of black engineers is lower than its
  23. potential value because of racism, or lack of available decent
  24. education, then eliminating those factors will increase the number of
  25. black engineers.
  26.  
  27. Seth        sethb@fid.morgan.com
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