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Subject: Not a zero-sum game (Re: Discrimination)
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Date: Wed, 12-Jun-85 22:01:12 EDT
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In article <308@spar.UUCP> ellis@spar.UUCP (Michael Ellis) writes:
>    Furthermore, if you are a white male, YOU ARE BENEFITING RIGHT NOW
>    from today's discrimination against blacks and women. 

It just ain't so.  Due to the negative effects of discrimination (past
and present) on the overall economy, virtually everyone loses.  Contrary
to the Left, discrimination isn't a zero-sum game -- it's negative-sum.

Paul Torek, Iconoclast Par Excellence