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To: Dale Baker who wrote (4818)	11/2/2005 12:46:56 PM
From: epicure	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 541915

I think it can. Part of freedom is having the freedom to identify with your minority. It's like telling Nazis they don't have the freedom to explore their Naziness- in a free country even the assocaitions that are based on ethnicity are allowed. It doesn't make them "right" (but then I don't believe in absolute right and wrong anyway), but it makes them worth talking about. IMO, of course.

To: Dale Baker who wrote (4818)	11/2/2005 2:50:03 PM
From: Ilaine	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 541915

Calling someone an Uncle Tom means that you think they are betraying the hard work of others. If you're black and you're no oppressed, that's wonderful, but pretending like it happened automagically without the hard work of countless others, black and white, to liberate blacks and advance the cause of blacks, is offensive. You should always give credit where credit is due. Condi Rice at least has the good grace to discuss this -- she personally was shielded from racism but grew up in a racist milieu. One of her friends was killed in a KKK church bombing, for example.