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From: dmcanzi@watdcsu.UUCP (David Canzi)
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Subject: A white man speaks his mind. (Part 2)
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Date: Mon, 15-Apr-85 00:52:55 EST
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About two months ago I posted the following to net.politics and
net.women under the title "A white man speaks his mind":

> When a woman points proudly to the accomplishment of some famous woman,
> she is simply showing a healthy pride in her sex.  If a black shows pride
> in the accomplishments of some famous black, his/her pride is considered
> praiseworthy.  If a white man expresses pride in the accomplishments of
> white men, he's a filthy racist sexist pig.
> 
> Do I smell a double standard?

I had hoped that there would be some response showing how people handle
this double standard, but people were too busy at the time arguing over
affirmative action.  There seem to me to be three ways to handle this 
double standard:

1) Decide that whites/men have the right to be proud of the accomplishments
   of other members of their race/sex.
2) Decide that blacks/women don't have the right to be proud of the 
   accomplishments of other members of their race/sex.
3) Decide that there really isn't anything wrong with double standards.

Which of these do you consider to be right?
-- 
	David Canzi

If there is no God, who pops up the next Kleenex?