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Subject: Re: "The blacks"

Author:
Astrid

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Date Posted: 11:51:43 09/25/02 Wed
In reply to: Alan 's message, "Re: "The blacks"" on 10:37:00 09/25/02 Wed

>>It was suggested to a poster on the internet that
>>using the phrase "the blacks" (as in "the blacks in
>>America have experienced centuries of oppression") was
>>racist.
>
>Actually, that wasn't the context. It was something
>like "the blacks who fought back against
>oppression..." Meaning, not all blacks, but a
>specific group of blacks. Otherwise I'd say
>"Blacks..." would be better than "The blacks..."
>
>Otherwise, I agree that LW is unfortunately full of
>shit.
>
>Alan

Right, I quoted the OP above but I'll do it again:

"Ladies, any time someone feels attacked, they defend themselves. By your logic, the blacks who stood up for their civil rights and said "It's not true that we're inferior" would have, indeed, been inferior."

So I think we've concluded that as long as we're saying "the blacks WHO" we're ok. Is that right?

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Subject	Author	Date
Re: "The blacks"	Alan	07:28:54 09/26/02 Thu
Re: "The blacks" -- Anne, 08:42:37 09/26/02 Thu Re: "The blacks" -- Alan, 07:51:35 09/29/02 Sun Re: "The blacks" -- Anne, 08:54:36 09/26/02 Thu