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- From: clin@eng.umd.edu (Charles Lin)
- Subject: Re: Racism Defined ...
- Message-ID: <1993Jan11.213254.1409@eng.umd.edu>
- Date: Mon, 11 Jan 93 21:32:54 GMT
- Organization: College of Engineering, Maryversity von Uniland, College Park
- Sender: clin@eng.umd.edu (Charles C. Lin)
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- In article <1993Jan11.180958.28227@fcom.cc.utah.edu>, val@news.ccutah.edu (Val Kartchner) writes:
- >A few years ago, the president of the NAACP was in a controversy about racism.
- >When confronted directly by reporters, his response was "I can't be a racist
- >since I'm a minority."
- >
- >I disagree. I hope that this isn't the view of the rest of the NAACP.
- >
- >Any opposing points of view?
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- I think the viewpoint was just that because he is a minority, he
- (for some reason) does not have power, and therefore can not suppress
- others. I don't think he means, by virtue of being a minority only,
- he can not be a racist. If this were the case, then one could simply
- recall South Africa, and I think his mind would have been changed quite
- quickly. In any case, I also do not agree that minorities lack power.
- If this were the case, then it would be senseless to have groups like
- the NAACP because they would not be able to have any influence because
- they are just a minority. It's my opinion that some minorities and
- the majority want to be racist, though I mean that in a positive
- sense. If racism means gaining more power and influence for a specific
- race (which will almost always be perceived as being at the expense
- of another race), then there are those who believe one should help
- their own race. That their own race is different and always will be
- different from another race, and that there shouldn't always be an
- attempt to integrate people so they act alike. While differences
- are nice and sometimes unavoidable, too many differences leads to
- conflict.
-
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- Charles Lin
- clin@eng.umd.edu
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