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From: shor@sphinx.UChicago.UUCP (Melinda Shore)
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Subject: Re: American(?) Music Awards <<FLAME>>
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>From: mjc@cmu-cs-cad.ARPA (Monica Cellio)
>Please explain to me why *I* should be penalized for something my *ancestors*
>did?

Alas, as I see it, the problem isn't that we've got to atone for past
transgressions, but that here and now women and minorities don't get a
fair shake.  White men don't need legislation or "space" ensuring that
they will be treated fairly.  Why don't we assume that the treatment of
white males is a standard against which we can judge the treatment of
everybody else?

I'm not crazy about Affirmative Action, either, but I do believe that
there is a need for something.  (My favorite EEOC story is about a friend
of my family who worked for them, and took them to court for sex
discrimination ... )

-- 
Melinda Shore, Microcomputer Laboratory
University of Chicago Computation Center
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