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To: Hawkmoon who wrote (607)	3/27/1999 10:13:00 AM
From: D. Long	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 765

I agree that we are reaching the point in this country where we can abandon our silly prejudices. I gladly await the day. The kind of racism we have in America today, in my opinion, isnt the old race hatred variety, though it still exists amongst the ignorant. The racism we have today is (IMO) more to do with race pride than race hatred. The new "multiculturalism" and "ethnic pride" has taught an entire generation to concieve their self-worth not in terms of self and achievement, but in terms of group affiliation, ethnic membership. This sort of thinking is especially odious amongst black and Puerto Rican communities. It is a sort of self-victimization which is an excuse for failure and marginalization which is self-imposed. Its amazing that the so called black leaders endorse programs whose basic assumption is inferiority. Affirmative action is a perfect example, its basic assumption is that minorities are inherently inferior and handicapped and they need whitey to give them a hand because they could never do it on their own. The victim mantra and groupthink amongst certain groups is absolutely sickening. Justice Clarence Thomas gave a speach some time ago before a convention of black jurists that nearly resulted in his lynching it would seem. This incredibly man stood before his peers and flat out told them that he was a man, that he will obey the dictates of his own reason, and that he wasnt going to be a victim. That is a very brave thing for a black man in America to say, especially amongst other black men and women.

To: Hawkmoon who wrote (607)	3/27/1999 2:30:00 PM
From: Neocon	Respond to of 765

There was a mini- series on American television in the '80s called "The Winds of War". At a certain point, a group of Americans is trapped in Poland, and falls into Nazi hands. A member of their party is Jewish, but they refuse to tell the Nazis who it is, even those who have previously uttered anti- semitic sentiments. Why? Two reasons: 1.) There are certain things that decent people do not do, among them hand Jews over to Nazis; and 2.) The Jews, after all, were Americans, and therefore owed something as countrymen. In a similar vein, the tactics of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference paid off because most Americans, even if they were racist, were not about to countenance fire- hosing protesters, and because, in the final analysis, African- Americans were Americans, not Africans...One should not underestimate appeals to common decency, nor the final triumph of larger loyalties over parochial concerns.