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From: pjh@mccc.UUCP (Pete Holsberg)
Newsgroups: news.misc,soc.culture.jewish
Subject: Re: Racist jokes
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Date: 22 Nov 88 20:23:11 GMT
References: <8030@bloom-beacon.MIT.EDU> <1058@osupyr.mast.ohio-state.edu> <1223@fig.bbn.com> <179@loci.UUCP> <2361@looking.UUCP> <251@blake.acs.washington.edu>
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In article <251@blake.acs.washington.edu> mcglk@blake.acs.washington.edu (Ken McGlothlen) writes:
=I'm a thinking human being--I know the stereotypes, and know that they
=don't necessarily hold.  

Good.  Then we don't have to worry about the cumulative effect of jokes
like these on you.  But we do worry about the effect on others.  Look at
World War II Germany to see the effect of not protesting stereotypes.

Maybe Templeton isn't a racist, per se, but if he encourages the posting
of material that could influence people to have negative feelings about
any group by reinforcing the stereotype, then he is contributing to the problem.


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