Xref: utzoo news.misc:2018 soc.culture.jewish:8262 Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!ncrlnk!ncr-sd!hp-sdd!hplabs!ucbvax!agate!violet.berkeley.edu!rob From: rob@violet.berkeley.edu (Rob Robertson) Newsgroups: news.misc,soc.culture.jewish Subject: Re: Racist jokes Message-ID: <17379@agate.BERKELEY.EDU> Date: 23 Nov 88 02:47:00 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> <423@mccc.UUCP> Sender: usenet@agate.BERKELEY.EDU Organization: University of California, Berkeley Lines: 12 In article <423@mccc.UUCP> pjh@mccc.UUCP (Pete Holsberg) writes: |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. Does that make Woody Allen a Jewish Uncle Tom? Does he, or does he not propogate a stereotype? I'd love to know your opinions. rob