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From: syn@uo-vax3.UUCP (syn)
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Subject: Re: Dsicrimination Again
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Date: Sat, 8-Jun-85 12:49:00 EDT
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Posted: Sat Jun  8 12:49:00 1985
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Nf-From: uo-vax3!syn    Jun  5 08:49:00 1985

Not a great deal of logic in your statements, Carl.  It makes you angry
to be asked to "pay" for what other white males have done, but obviously
it does not bother you to be paid for what they have done.  And you are.
As long as your efforts, your hard work and application are rewarded at
a two to one ratio over a woman's hard work and application.  Which the
statistics on employment and income prove.

I'm not unsympathetic with your reaction, because I have that same reaction
when accused of racism.  I didn't choose to be born white, never enslaved
anyone, etc.  But I do lead a life of privilege compared to a black woman's
life, and as long as I am content to do that, I continue to be racist.

If you want to consider this problem beyond the knee-jerk stage, you're going
to have to accept the fact that your sex and your color DO affect your status
in this world, just as being born in the U.S. affects how much health care
you will receive in your life and how many calories you consume.  If you
don't want to think about it, don't want to admit that you are privileged
(while continuing to enjoy the benefits of being born into a privileged
class) consider South Africa.  Whites there would agree with you.