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REH ----- Original Message ----- From: "Franklin Wayne Poley" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, June 26, 2003 5:31 PM Subject: RE: [Futurework] ) Hue and Cry on 'Whiteness Studies' > I think we need a "White Paper" from Randy and Ted to set this matter > straight. Or perhaps just an up-to-date version of the "Totem and Taboo" > booklet which was issued when Jerry Wiener was multiculturalism minister > under PM Mulroney. That booklet contained such sage advice as to not use > the expression "yellow coward" though it did not say anything about "lily > livered". The Whites of this world should be outraged so that outrage > could go in the White Paper. > > Long ago (when Jerry was just a little Wiener) Canada did not need to even > think about such matters. But now we have become a pluralistic > society, "in spades"....oops I did it again as Britney would say. We are > even about to legalize homosexual marriage and rewrite the marriage laws > so as to make sure the religionists have their version of marriage > entrenched in law too. Which religionists? This is a pluralistic society > is it not? Mormons, Muslims and Biblical traditionalists everywhere say > plural marriages are "kosher". > > Leonard Cohen lyrics from his CD "The Future": > > "Things are gonna slide, > Sliiide... > Slide in all directions. > Won't be nuthing, > Nuthin you can measure anymore." > > As the "march of the machines" proceeds inexorably through this century we > are all going to be stepping out of our skins, at least for a peak at > reality. Robo sapiens will soon emerge as an artificial life form, a new > species. Perhaps the culture of robo sapiens will keep us as pets like we > keep cats and dogs. And robo sapiens will be the NEW RACISTS. They will > decide which races of humans they want to keep and how they will use > eugenics to artificially select for certain characteristics as we select > for milk production or egg laying in lower species. Maybe they will treat > all of us equally but I doubt it. Robots are very discriminating machines. > > FWP > > > <http://www.geocities.com/machine_psychology> > > On Thu, 26 Jun 2003 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > There is an underlying notion that racism can be "cured." Maybe the cure is > > to accept that we are all racists in one way or another. This includes us > > all. All over the world. Maybe its part of the human condition. > > > > Above all do no harm. > > > > arthur > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Ray Evans Harrell [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Wednesday, June 25, 2003 11:38 PM > > To: Franklin Wayne Poley; Brad McCormick, Ed.D. > > Cc: Harry Pollard; Keith Hudson; Selma Singer; > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: Re: [Futurework] ) Hue and Cry on 'Whiteness Studies' > > > > > > Actually, it is the study of left over scientific racism in the 19th century > > that divided people down by race rather than by culture. It is ignorant > > and has proven ignoble and it is still practiced and used as an excuse for > > many policies. We would do better to understand the genius in each group > > and study our art classes so that we would all learn that French culture is > > different from Italian, German, English, Russian etc. and that when folks > > come over here they don't blend but become unconscious streams in the river > > of America. The unconsciousness of it and the ignorance and lack of > > appreciation for differences then get explained in the over simplicities of > > scientific stories about genus, species etc. and get applied in places where > > they should have never gone and the world gets paranoid. The study of > > that phenomenon in human behavious is a legitimate one. We didn't need > > classes to understand it other than historical philosophy courses and good > > music and art history classes. It is not a difficult error to see once you > > experience many cultural expressions and their genius. > > > > There is, however, the abused groups. The groups that have been so > > oppressed and removed from the ancient movements, that they still carry > > somatically, that they are almost split in their expressions. The > > conflicts of Clarence Thomas on the Supreme Court are a good example. But > > the reality is that without returning to the deep cultural springs that you > > constantly wear, you will always be condemned to feeling uncomfortable in > > your skin. Helping people heal is a good thing to do and helping both > > former oppressors and the oppressed do that is also a good thing to do in my > > opinion. > > America should pay for its racist history and Europe should pay for > > Imperialism. Those are debts owed in the world and no amount of science > > and prosperity ill gotten deserves impunity. > > > > Arthur I believe instead of sublimation you were talking about psychological > > transfirence. > > > > REH > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Franklin Wayne Poley" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: "Brad McCormick, Ed.D." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Cc: "Ray Evans Harrell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Harry Pollard" > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Keith Hudson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; > > "Selma Singer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Sent: Wednesday, June 25, 2003 11:21 PM > > Subject: Re: [Futurework] ) Hue and Cry on 'Whiteness Studies' > > > > > > > Whiteness Studies. > > > > > > Are you talking about the White Culture which Randy White, MP and Ted > > > White, MP could conjure up? > > > > > > How about a description of WHITE CITY plus surroundings? > > > > > > > > > FWP > > > > > > <http://www.geocities.com/machine_psychology> > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Futurework mailing list > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > http://scribe.uwaterloo.ca/mailman/listinfo/futurework > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Futurework mailing list > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > http://scribe.uwaterloo.ca/mailman/listinfo/futurework > > > _______________________________________________ Futurework mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://scribe.uwaterloo.ca/mailman/listinfo/futurework
