Re: There are racists; but no races.
Stig Arne Strokkenes (sas@hardangernett.no)
11 Jan 1997 21:51:24 GMT
If you want to read a very well-written and
entertaining essay on race and race issues in the US
I recommend one written by Les Earnest. The highly
informative (and copyrighted) essay can be found at:
http://www-formal.stanford.edu/pub/les/mongrel
Suzanne Doig <misc3518@csc.canterbury.ac.nz> wrote in article
<32D57908.7919@csc.canterbury.ac.nz>...
> Mike Powell wrote:
> >
> > Michael Ballard (miballar@leland.Stanford.EDU) wrote:
> > : It is generally accepted now that modern humans originated
in
> > : Africa about 100,000 years ago. Our family tree is rooted in
> > : Africa. There is only one race, the human race.
Unfortunately
> > : though, there are many people who have grown up within a
racist
> > : system of dogmas and practices which lead them to perpetuate
> > : social structures which result in oppression of their fellow
> > : workers. More's the pity, as a working class divided will
always
> > ^^^^^^^
> > : be defeated.
> >
> > There are no "workers", only people (humans) ... who do work.
> >
> > This is generally accepted (but not by everyone).
> >
> > -mp-
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