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- From: kaarts@ccu.umanitoba.ca (Kenneth John Aarts)
- Newsgroups: alt.feminism
- Subject: Re: If ljf did not see it then it just does not exist
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- Date: 26 Jan 93 19:35:17 GMT
- References: 1993Jan18.072911.15112@leland.Stanford.EDU> <727986478@lear.cs.duke.edu>
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- >In article <1993Jan18.072911.15112@leland.Stanford.EDU>
- >farthing@leland.Stanford.EDU (ljf) writes:
- >#I agree with some of what you've said, that racism deprives our
- >#culture and society of diversity and equality. And perhaps, by not
- >#hiring the best person, it damages our economy. (I've never been very
- >#convinced about this, though, since many businesses that discriminate
- >#on the basis of sex, color, ethnic background, or sexual orientation
- >#seem to do quite well and aren't in any fear of going bankrupt.)
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- I thought someone recently won a Nobel Prize for proving this point. (That
- discrimination does cost.)
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- Ken
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