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From: kus3@sphinx.uchicago.edu (Bob Kusumoto)
Newsgroups: news.admin,misc.legal,soc.women
Subject: Re: Proposed lawsuit
Message-ID: <4464@sphinx.uchicago.edu>
Date: Mon, 18-Jul-88 14:47:01 EDT
References: <12165@agate.BERKELEY.EDU> <12179@agate.BERKELEY.EDU>
Reply-To: kus3@sphinx.uchicago.edu.UUCP (Bob Kusumoto)
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Organization: University of Chicago Computation Center
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In article <12179@agate.BERKELEY.EDU> era1987@violet.berkeley.edu writes:
>I see.  Well, there's a black man who is an FBI agent who has
>endured hell being harassed by his fellow agents because of
>his color.  He hasn't quit his job, as you seem to feel he should.
>There are Oriental students at universities all over this country
>who are being harassed on the basis of their ethnic origin and
>are going through hell, but I don't see you suggesting they drop out of
>school.  Many women are going through hell because of harassment
>by employers and coworkers, particularly if they have nontraditional
>jobs, but that doesn't mean they have to stay home and have babies
>and not work, or only do traditionally female types of work.  

Well, these people who you mention seem to have something important to them,
namely, their job or their education.  Sorta bad parallel to reading net 
messages if you ask me.  I agree, it would be much to ask these people to
give up a job or their education to get people off their back, but you seem
to not want to give up reading the net, even though it causes you great pain.
I don't think giving up netnews would be as great as giving up a job or and
education.  BTW, I just happen to be one of those harassed orientals going 
to university.  Maybe its me, but I can sure hack 4 years of hell, just so 
I can get a degree and get on with my life.


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