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From: pjh@mccc.UUCP (Pete Holsberg)
Newsgroups: news.misc,soc.culture.jewish
Subject: Re: Racist jokes
Message-ID: <431@mccc.UUCP>
Date: 24 Nov 88 03:00:02 GMT
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In article <17379@agate.BERKELEY.EDU> rob@violet.berkeley.edu (Rob Robertson) writes:
=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


Dear Rob,
	Here is my opinion.  Woody Allen perpetuates the sterotype of
the neurotic New Yorker (not necessarily Jewish, if you've seen some of
his movies that feature Italians and non-ethnics).  Now, neurotic New
Yorkers are not a persecuted minority (except those who are paranoic!),
so this kind of stereotype is not harmful.

	Thank you for the opportunity to present my opinion.
	
				Sincerely,
				
				Pete
				
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