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- From: richard@Apple.COM (a flying squirrel)
- Newsgroups: soc.motss
- Subject: Re: Marky Mark and Calvin Klein
- Message-ID: <74513@apple.apple.COM>
- Date: 20 Nov 92 06:18:58 GMT
- References: <92320.062913SECBH@CUNYVM.BITNET>
- Organization: Xiola Blue
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- SECBH@CUNYVM.BITNET writes:
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- >GDM: Well, not quite. He's an ugly white boy who thinks he's black and
- >does rap music to prove it..... *UGH*.
- >
- >me: I find your statement above to be fairly racist and worthy of calling to
- >your attention. Surely you did not mean it to sound as it reads?
- >
- >I don't see a glimmer of racism in George's statement. Would Flying
- >Squirrel or someone else who finds the comment racist please explain
- >howso.
-
- I originally read as an *UGH* to someone who is not black but was trying
- to be by rapping, as though trying to be black was a disgusting thing.
- George has since explained that the *UGH* was in reference to how ugly
- he finds Marky Mark's face. Hence, I gave him the benefit of the doubt
- since he (GDM) never struck me as racist.
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