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Subject: 
Re: The term racist gets thrown aroun a little easily around here..
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Date: 
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.
> 
> Oh but wait...  What have we here?
> 
> http://www.cnn.com/2003/US/Northeast/06/17/registering.immigrants.ap/index.html
> 
> "
> 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.
> "
> 
> "
> 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.
> "
> 
> 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..."
> 
> 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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  The term racist gets thrown aroun a little easily around here..
 
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. Oh but wait... What have we here? (URL) and more than 13,000 other young, mostly Muslim immigrants who (...) (23 years ago, 17-Jun-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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