I was brought up in Los Angeles many years ago. While there I picked up a lot of stereotypes about Mexicans, blacks, etc. I have spent many years re-visiting my early prejudices. I recognize that it is difficult to change views that are almost reflexive, thought without thinking.
>From a learning point of view, stereotyping others prevents new learning about others. It seems a pointless defensive act, and yet one that is all too human. Think well of others. arthur -----Original Message----- From: Salvador R. S�nchez Guti�rrez [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, August 10, 2003 7:07 PM To: Cordell, Arthur: ECOM Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [Futurework] Picture juxtaposing tradition, advanced technology, and [benign] law enforcement I think I've been politically incorrect. I�m sorry, I didn't mean to be offensive. Of course I was stereotyping. Anyway, I have not anti-semitic feelings and that is not necessarily an anti-semitic statement. I could have said something equivalent regarding a mexican or a spaniard, talking from stereotype, without necesarily being anti-mexican or anti-spanish. How I picked up my views of life? Well, I was born and grown up in the Mexico City jewish neighborhood of the 50's. Later, in my university years, I had a long affective relationshp with a jewish girl and now I live in today's Mexico City ghetto. My home is no more than 150 meters from the most conservative (and maybe the most influential) synagogue. It seems to be my destiny to be among jewish (this is a descriptive statement, not an anti-semitic one). Many of my good friends and colleages are jewish (no one orthodox), and I can speak with them in terms like these that you find "slanderous and despicable" without hard feelings. Of course, they can do the same talking about spaniards and I wouldn't mind. I really don�t know if you can associate anti-semitic statements with hispanics. I think that being pro-semitic or anti-semitic is not an issue for the inmense majority of mexicans. But I would say that for most of Mexico City people, jews are non-integrated, money oriented people who hate palestine people. Maybe it�s a PR problem. I'm sorry for being offensive to you, Mr. Cordell. But, to be sincere, if I see the picture again I'm afraid I would inmediatly think that the man with the black hat and coat is thinking in the economic potential and the war uses of the device. Regards Salvador Sanchez This is a truly slanderous and despicable statement. I don't associate anti-semitic statements with hispanics. I guess I was wrong. arthur -----Original Message----- From: Salvador R. S�nchez Guti�rrez [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, August 09, 2003 12:57 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [Futurework] Picture juxtaposing tradition, advanced technology, and [benign] law enforcement The man in black is thinking how to make money with a device like that and/or how to use it against the palestinians. Salvador S�nchez From: "Brad McCormick, Ed.D." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, August 09, 2003 7:01 AM Subject: [Futurework] Picture juxtaposing tradition, advanced technology, and [benign] law enforcement > From today's NYT: > > http://www.users.cloud9.net/~lcp/segway.jpg > > It somehow seems "evocative" to me.... Enjoy! > > \brad mccormick > > -- > Let your light so shine before men, > that they may see your good works.... (Matt 5:16) > > Prove all things; hold fast that which is good. (1 Thes 5:21) > > <![%THINK;[SGML+APL]]> Brad McCormick, Ed.D. / [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ Futurework mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://scribe.uwaterloo.ca/mailman/listinfo/futurework _______________________________________________ Futurework mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://scribe.uwaterloo.ca/mailman/listinfo/futurework
