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- From: nayak@dirac.scri.fsu.edu (Krishna Nayak)
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- Subject: Re: Racism Defined ...
- Summary: the Power Factor
- Keywords: Racism, Racialism, Power, etc.
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- Date: 6 Jan 93 19:29:45 GMT
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- root@gnn.org (Michael Mussington) writes:
- | Another answer: An attempt of an ethnic group or any member thereof to
- | implement procedures or structures intended to subordinate member of
- | another ethnic group, based upon an assertion that differing ethnicity
- | constitutes qualitative difference.
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- johnhall@microsoft.com (John Hall) writes:
- >Another answer: An attempt to
- >implement procedures or structures intended to harm or subordinate
- >member of another ethnic group, based only on their membership
- >in said group.
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- the way I have always understood it, is that Racism is not simply about
- making an attempt to oppress/subordinate a particular group.
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- I can "attempt" to subordinate someone by attempting to beat them up.
- But if I don't have the POWER to win the fight, I do not really constitute
- racism, because I have not subordinated the enemy in any way at all...
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- Similarly, (taking a more commonly talked about situation), I would need
- executive power, if I wanted to restrict a particular ethnic group from
- being hired by my company. without power, I am doing nothing.
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- I always thought that having the subordinating ideas in your mind
- was one thing (racialism), and that to actually constitute RACISM
- you would need the Power to implement your views.
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- Please tell me if I am wrong, I have only recently started studying this...
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- Krishna Nayak -- nayak@scri.fsu.edu
- Supercomputer Computations Research Institute
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- PS I'm studying under Dr. William Jones (Black Studies)
- in case you've ever read his 'Religion and Oppression' papers.
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- Krishna Nayak -- nayak@scri.fsu.edu
- Supercomputer Computations Research Institute
- Florida State University
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