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Re: The term racist gets thrown aroun a little easily around here..
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Tue, 17 Jun 2003 16:39:36 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, David Koudys wrote:
> At least according to some. When pointed out that the number one case of death
> for black males b/w 18 and 34 is homicide, it's a racist remark.
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> Oh but wait... What have we here?
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> http://www.cnn.com/2003/US/Northeast/06/17/registering.immigrants.ap/index.html
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> "
> He and more than 13,000 other young, mostly Muslim immigrants who complied with
> the order to register now face possible deportation. Like thousands of others in
> the same situation, Ramadan is shocked at the turn of events.
> "
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> "
> A total of 144,513 immigrants registered nationwide, according to the U.S.
> Bureau of Citizenship and Immigration Services, formerly known as the
> Immigration and Naturalization Service. Of those, 13,434 have had deportation
> proceedings started against them.
> "
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> Well, by using the logic applied to me, this snippet above seems pretty racially
> oriented--out of the 150 thousand people who registered, 13,000 are facing
> deportation, and yet somehow those 13000 are "mostly Muslim immigrants..."
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> Comments John?
We have laws. "Because he had overstayed his six-month visa, U.S. immigration
officials said." (You forgot to include this quotation)
Also I would add that "Muslim" is not a race; Arab is. Are you talking about
religious persecution?
[JOHN]
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