home *** CD-ROM | disk | FTP | other *** search
- Xref: sparky soc.motss:58470 ca.politics:10667 talk.politics.misc:69866
- Path: sparky!uunet!olivea!gossip.pyramid.com!pyramid!infmx!seashore!randall
- From: randall@informix.com (Randall Rhea)
- Newsgroups: soc.motss,ca.politics,talk.politics.misc
- Subject: Gays in the military (was:Re: Book Review "The Homosexalities")
- Message-ID: <randall.728017145@seashore>
- Date: 26 Jan 93 02:59:05 GMT
- References: <73956@cup.portal.com> <1993Jan20.203519.22734@psych.toronto.edu> <74044@cup.portal.com> <randall.727666344@seashore> <PC.93Jan25145316@bacon.linus.mitre.org>
- Sender: news@informix.com (Usenet News)
- Organization: Informix Software, Inc.
- Lines: 36
-
- pc@linus.mitre.org (Penny Chase) writes:
-
- >In article <randall.727666344@seashore> randall@informix.com (Randall Rhea) writes:
-
- >Randall's use of the word "oversexed" juxtaposed with Arthur's
- >reference to blacks is very illuminating. Not that long ago black
- >males were the group that was considered "oversexed". One of the
- >tragic consequences of that stereotype (of course combined with
- >general prejudice and an unwillingness to see black men as fellow
- >human beings) was the infamous syphillis "research" at Tuskegee
- >Institute. For those who are interested, this week's Nova is about
- >this scandalous episode (I haven't seen the TV program, but I did read
- >"Bad Blood").
-
- The same arguments used against integrating the military back in
- the 40's are being used today to keep homosexuals out of the
- military. "Gays/blacks are oversexed and perverted", "they'll
- disrupt unity and harmony in the units", "Some people just can't
- stand being around people of THEIR kind", ... etc.
-
- I find it interesting that Colin Powell is apparently against
- allowing homosexuals into the military. That's interesting.
- If one Harry S. Truman didn't have the guts to integrate the
- military, General Powell wouldn't be in the position to have
- such an opinion. The U.S. Armed Forces is perhaps the most
- racially integrated institution in the world, but only because
- Harry S. ignored the same arguments that are being used against
- gays today.
-
-
-
- --
-
- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
- Randall Rhea Informix Software, Inc.
- Project Manager, MIS Sales/Marketing Systems uunet!pyramid!infmx!randall
-