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- From: carroll@gloin.cis.udel.edu (Mark C. Carroll)
- Subject: Re: The Blessings of MULTICULTURALISM
- Message-ID: <1993Jan6.164004.17266@udel.edu>
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- Date: Wed, 6 Jan 1993 16:40:04 GMT
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- In article <C0F1II.I25@ddsw1.mcs.com> arf@ddsw1.mcs.com (Jack Schmidling) writes:
- >In article <93004.154249U19807@uicvm.uic.edu> <U19807@uicvm.uic.edu> writes:
- >>be representative of the entire length and breadth of Hispanic culture and
- >>society?
- >>
- >>Furthermore,how is one tragic incident _caused_ by the aforementioned macho
- >>celebration rite supposed to stain the entire idea of understanding other
- >>cultures on a basis other than the inane gibberish you churn out regularly?
- >
- >
- >First of all, it was the AP that called it a Hispanic tradition. I only
- >pointed out that we would be better off if it had stayed in Hispania.
-
- Saying "I didn't say it, they did" does not change your responsibility
- for asserting the truth of a statement. (Even though you often behave
- as if it does.)
-
- >I have no problem with understanding other cultures, I just don't wish
- >to import them into this country.
-
- You have a _great_ problem understanding other cultures. You have no
- problem *hating* other cultures.
-
- Every culture brings with it some negatives - because people aren't
- perfect. But every culture also brings with it some positives. Every
- culture that has come to America has changed after it got here, and as
- it has changed, it has changed the culture around it. Every group has
- made unique contributions to the culture that we are a part of.
-
- >The one tragic incident was the result of thousands of individual acts
- >of barbarism, anyone of which could have ended the same way.
-
- The one tragic incidient was the result of one kind of reprehensible,
- irresponsible behavior. Americans of all races, colors, ethnicities,
- etc., have been known to participate in reprehensible, irresponsible
- behavior. For example, your own beloved white men have been known to
- take part in gang-rapes in fraternity houses, hangings of innocent men
- who have the wrong skin color, etc.
-
- <MC>
- --
- || Mark Craig Carroll: <MC> || "I'm not dumb,
- || Univ of Delaware, Dept of CIS|| I just have a command of thoroughly
- || Grad Student/Labstaff Hacker || useless information."
- || carroll@udel.edu || -Calvin
-