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Coon and Racism
Rotholz (jrotholz@WSUNIX.WSU.EDU)
Thu, 23 Nov 1995 10:20:15 -0800
I am glad to see that several on the list have challenged the labeling of
Carleton Coon as a racist. I was Coon's neighbor for a number of years
and knew him on a personal basis. He was a kind and humane person and I
never, in all those years, heard him make what I would consider to be a
racist statement--and we spent hours and hours talking on many topics.
Although I am not familiar with his theories on race, I would think that
if he was the racist that some make him out to be, his personal life
would have reflected it. In my opinion it did not.
Just thought a little ethnograhpic input might add to the discussion.
Jim Rotholz
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