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Re: Wench as a word
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Sun, 26 Mar 2000 19:03:02 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Gloria Summers writes:
> In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Scott Edward Sanburn writes:
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > > > Larry wrote:
> > > > > I mean, if someone calls for lynching of korean storekeepers that's not
> > > > > racism,
> > > > > right? Right? After all they're just running dog lackeys of whitey and
> > > > > deserve
> > > > > to be lynched for having the audacity to work hard and be successful,
> > > > > right?
> > > 
> > > 
> > > I think you all are hoping there are no Koreans on this forum. Because one
> > > thing I do know is that people of a minority and those who care about them
> > > really do shudder when one mentions lynching them!!!
> > 
> > I think what Larry was saying here is when Al Sharpton called lynching
> > on a Korean run grocery store in New York.
> > I don't think anyone here is advocating lynching anyone, except for the
> > types like Al Sharpton and perhaps James Carville.
> 
> I know about the unrest between Korean storeowners and African-Americans. What
> I was trying to get at is that if one uses slang like "whitey" and states that
> only whites can be racist (not true) then one does need some sensitvity
> training on dealing with other cultures.


I believe Larry was using sarcasm to illustrate that very point.

Bill



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(...) You are correct, sir! ++Lar (27 years ago, 26-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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(...) right? (...) I know about the unrest between Korean storeowners and African-Americans. What I was trying to get at is that if one uses slang like "whitey" and states that only whites can be racist (not true) then one does need some sensitvity (...) (27 years ago, 26-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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