On 8/27/07, ravi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I think (as mentioned before) this sort of reasoning is a form of > racism... that somehow Arabs cannot be as incapable as (an equally > small, untrained group of) white people of doing certain things that > require a larger level of skill, training, organisation, > participation, etc. > > --ravi >
Well I am confused. 1) It is racist to suggest that Arabs are incapable of task x. 2) It is also racist to suggest that Arabs are *not incapable* of task x???? (Unless your use of the double-negative was a typo.) Is it also racist to say that Arabs may be no different in competence from any other group of people? Is there any way to use the word "Arabs" in a sentence without being racist? -raghu.
