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From: west@utcsri.UUCP (Thomas L. West)
Newsgroups: net.women
Subject: Re: A white man speaks his mind. (Part 2)
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Date: Sun, 21-Apr-85 11:37:58 EST
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Summary: 

Judy McMullan writes:
> (2) she would not have noticed his accomplishment if he was a white man.
> (2) is very unlikely as newspapers, schoolbooks, etc. would all be
> mentioning him to her.

  Actually this is not necessarily the case.  While a certain accomplishment
might be relatively insignificant for a male caucasian, it could be considered
quite an accomplishment for a female negro.  An example of this would be
someone becoming a president of a large corporation.  This is generally not
considered something to be terribly notable if the person is a male caucasian,
but having such a post occupied by a female negro would be quite significant,
and would probably be news-worthy.  However, the analysis of this situation
is probably the same as was made in point (1) of the original article.

   Tom West
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