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From: clewis@mnetor.UUCP (Chris Lewis)
Newsgroups: net.politics,net.social,net.women,net.flame
Subject: Re: Discrimination and Affirmative Action
Message-ID: <1004@mnetor.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 13-Jun-85 15:41:25 EDT
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Posted: Thu Jun 13 15:41:25 1985
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References: <566@sphinx.UChicago.UUCP> <879@mnetor.UUCP> <633@sphinx.UChicago.UUCP>
Reply-To: clewis@mnetor.UUCP (Chris Lewis)
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Summary: 

In article <633@sphinx.UChicago.UUCP> beth@sphinx.UChicago.UUCP (Beth Christy) writes:
>In article <879@mnetor.UUCP> clewis@mnetor.UUCP (Chris Lewis) writes:
>"things have been happening without anybody really noticing"?!?!?!?!
>Have you ever heard of John F. Kennedy?  Martin Luther King?  Gloria
>Steinem?  Ring any bells for you?  Do you *really* believe that dis-
>crimination has just been disappearing by itself?  Get real.

J.F.K. assassination was not racially motivated.  MLK's was, but by
a lunatic (who might have existed whether or not there was any general
racial discrimination).  What about G.S.?  (was she assassinated and I missed
it?)  I think that you've taken my quote out of context.  What I was saying 
is that "equal access" provisions and (to a certain extent) general 
social movement (the 60's etc.) HAVE been moving society, and discrimination 
HAS been disappearing without requiring severe intervention imposed by 
Affirmative Action.

Make sure that you read the article before you start flaming back!
-- 
Chris Lewis,
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