Re: Is white racism nec. all bad?
Eileen Camilleri (grizzy@america.com)
Mon, 17 Apr 1995 23:53:52
In article <3ms3uk$7tq@ixnews3.ix.netcom.com> lsd@ix.netcom.com (Lane Singer) writes:
>From: lsd@ix.netcom.com (Lane Singer)
>Subject: Re: Is white racism nec. all bad?
>Date: 16 Apr 1995 21:58:44 GMT
>In <3mrujr$2vh@ixnews4.ix.netcom.com> forman@ix.netcom.com (Frank Forman)
>writes:
>>Here's the relevant paragraphs from Rushton's _Race, Evolution, and
>>Behavior_ (p. 167). Too bad you don't have the book yourself.
>>
>> "New focus on penis size has come in the wake of the AIDS crisis.
>>It has become increasingly obvious that one size of condum does not fit
>>all.
>[...]
>>International Organization for Standardization have recommended a 49-mm
>>flat width condom for Asia, a 52-mm flat width for North America and
>>Europe, and a 53-mm size for Africa (e.g., World Health Organization,
>>1991 [Global Programme on AIDS. _WHO Specifications and Guidelines for
>>Condom Procurement_. Geneva, Switzerland: WHO]). China is reported to
>>be manufacturing its own condoms--49 mm, plus or minus 2 mm.
>Tell me I'm actually seeing this on a thread about white racism, and
>that this isn't some nightmare that I need only open my eyes to
>escape.
This time, I absolutely agree with you.
>I fear, though, that this is the "real" world. A world where a
>person, in justification of racism, will actually attempt to
>introduce penis size as proof that one group whom he believes
>to have large penises is therefore inforior to groups with
>smaller penises.
>Some ignorance is so monumental that it is an accomplishment in
>itself.
>Singer
Ditto.
This study is ludicrous. Black people do not need MORE negative
feedback, if this can even be called *feedback.* What can anbody
do with this so-called "information?" It is just plain destructive.
Eileen Camilleri
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