[Platt] The white race is now often associated automatically with racism. [Arlo] Much as I find the "race" categorization appalling (whether used by blacks, white, reds or purples... really, it is a meaningless concept used only to create and engender artificial distinctions and hierarchies of "superiority"), this is actually a semi-valid point. At a diversity seminar here at PSU, which I had the misfortune of attending, I caused a bit of problem when I criticized the use of a dichotomous graph showing "blacks" (and other peoples of color) as "vibrant, outgoing, social, colorful, community-oriented, etc" and "whites" as "cold, introverted, asocial, bland, etc". It was just another example of creating useless dichotomies. Of course, the reverse happens as well. "Blacks" are often pigeonholed by the media as being uneducated, asocial, dug-obsessed, bitch-slapping, losers. In the end, all this means is that there is much more growing to do, on both sides, before these ridiculous dichotomies can be tossed into the historical dustbin. But so long as some people, black or white, define their superiority, puff up their ego, and seek universal scapegoats for all society's ills, I have a feeling they will be around for a long time.
God knows, shouldn't we be saying "that person is a Good person", not "that person is a black" or "that person is a white", or "blacks do this" or "whites do that"? Isn't that the MOQ-way? Moq_Discuss mailing list Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org Archives: http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ http://moq.org.uk/pipermail/moq_discuss_archive/
