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From: ellis@spar.UUCP (Michael Ellis)
Newsgroups: net.women
Subject: Re: A white man speaks his mind. (Part 2)
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Date: Tue, 7-May-85 17:44:45 EDT
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Reply-To: ellis@spar.UUCP (Michael Ellis)
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>Judy:
>
>You've failed to separate the ideas of (a) admiring another person and
>(b) being proud of another person.  I'll try to make the distinction
>very clear... Being of the same sex or race or
>nationality as some other person who has accomplished something great
>is not an accomplishment.  So why be proud?
>
>I intend to *generalize* on this idea in some future posting...

    All HUMANS who have worked together against oppression have a great
    deal to be proud of whenever anyone of us breaks the chains of the
    past.

    One white man speaks his mind
    But we all suffer his disgrace

-michael