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Sent: Friday, January 04, 2002 1:01 PM
Subject: Re: [rehfans] Howard and racism
> Guys, it's always a sign of the times. Witness the Arab-bashing that our
> society is presently undergoing as a result of recent events.
Using racial profiling to beef up security in an attempt to save lives
is
neither racist nor bashing. Neither is there anything wrong with hatred
directed towards those who applaud the terrorists.
If, on the other hand, you are referring to violence directed against
patriotic Americans merely due to their Arab ancestry, then yes, I would
agree that, such actions are Arab-bashing, racist, and un-American.
>And remember
> the internment of the Japanese during WWII.
You need to broaden the range of opinions you encounter if you believe that
everyone holds that that security measure was purely an act of racism.
>But society evolves, right?
> Would tv producers now get away with having a woman genie call a man
"master"
> in current television programs?
All genies call their master "master". For a women to do so is no different
than when a male genie does the same.
>Whether one thinks that a "politically
> correct" view is right or not, it is certainly the dominant one now, I
think.
Again, if you think this is the dominant view you need to broaden the range
of your influences. Yes, it is dominant on TV, in universities, and in the
media. But there's a whole lot of country out there besides these bastions
of pc thought.
Alan Glick
