From: Loree Thomas (loreetg@yahoo.com)
Date: Thu Apr 11 2002 - 09:41:36 MDT
--- Zero Powers <zero_powers@hotmail.com> wrote:
> >From: Loree Thomas <loreetg@yahoo.com>
> >
> >Please note Mike... racists don't have to have
> invalid
> >arguments to BE racist.
> >
> >And Damien's reply to Zero was to show that the
> site
> >was racist, not that it was in error.
>
> Truth be told we all have race-based prejudices.
You ever take one of those pre employment tests that
are supposed to measure how ethical an employee you'll
make?
The reason I ask is that there are questions on there
that resemble your statement above.
"True or false:
Everybody takes a little something from their place of
work."
The point being that if you both believe that AND felt
comfortable agreeing with it, there was a significant
chance that you would steal from your employer. After
all, everybody does it.
Of course there were hundreds of questions... many of
them similar to the one above... and no one would
judge anybody on just one answer.
> We are hardwired to prejudge people and
> situations. It's a necessary intellectual shortcut
> which permits one to make decisions in life when
> given less than all the facts.
>
> That's not to say that I suffer supremacists or
> unjust oppressors of any stripe. But I'd rather
> interact with an honest racist than an insincere
> anti-racist.
That I don't get... would you rather hire an "honest"
thief who feels no compunction or remorse about
stealing from you or someone who has high enough
personal ethical standards to struggle over it?
Calling an anti-racist insincere because they can't
possibly have rooted out all personal racial prejudice
is a trick... a bit of verbal sleight of hand... to
cast the good guys in a bad light while putting a
white hat on the assh*les (he may be a racist, but at
least he's an honest one!). I doubt that was your
intent, but that is the effect of your post.
Honestly, truly... racists do NOT need apologists.
Not even black apologists :)
Loree
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