Re: Social Engineering (was: Different patriarchy Model)
Ray Sullivan (ay773@FreeNet.Carleton.CA)
Tue, 10 Jan 1995 20:42:56 GMT
In a previous posting, Gerold Firl (geroldf@sdd.hp.com) writes:
> I'm puzzled as to how this implication was transmitted. I was noting that
> afro-american culture has been comparitively unsuccessful at socialising
> its members in such a way as to avoid incarceration. Most people agree that
> the slammer is no fun; I don't think I'm being particularly ethnocentric by
> using criminality as a measure of social disfunction. Do you disagree?
I have observed that euro-american culture has been comparitively
unsuccessful at socialising its members in such a way as to avoid the
tendancy to arrest and incarcerate afro-americans. Please consider that
the power to "socialize" avoidance of incarceration is much less powerful
than the power to "socialize" racial stereotypes.
[...]
> part of american culture. They will develop solutions to their problems. But
^^^^^^^
I am of the opinion that racial bias in the judicial system is everybody's
problem.
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