From: Loree Thomas (loreetg@yahoo.com)
Date: Wed Aug 08 2001 - 22:17:57 MDT
--- "Mitchell, Jerry (3337)"
<Jerry.Mitchell@esavio.com> wrote:
This seems pointless.
> > From Random House Webster's College dictionary
> > (copyright 1999):
> >
> > Discriminate:
> > 1) to make a distinction in favor of or against a
> > person on the basis of the group or class to which
> > that person belongs, rather than according to
> merit.
> >
> > 2) to note or observe a difference.
> >
> > 1 and 2 are different usages, you are acting as if
> > they are identical... they aren't.
> >
> > Racial profiling is racist. Making true
> statistical
> > statements based on race isn't racist... actions
> based
> > on those statistics and aimed at individuals is
> > racist.
>
> Why is action based on real numbers racist?
Re-read what I wrote. Re-read def 1 of
discrimination. It's very clear. If you still can't
figure it out, I can't help you.
Loree
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