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Subject: Re: Racial Profiling - Semi-vent


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Mallyn
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Date Posted: 22:31:29 10/13/02 Sun
In reply to: Jen 's message, "Re: Racial Profiling - Semi-vent" on 15:25:33 10/13/02 Sun

>>>You mean Muslim extremists *do* wear their
>affiliation
>>>in a visible way? How?
>>
>>You have missed the point. One can pick out, using
>>nothing other than sight, a clean-shaven man of Arab
>>descent. Can't do that for a white radical extremist.
>
>This view truly highlights why profiling is wrong.
>You're saying that it is okay to think "Arab male =
>Possibly Muslim Extremist" but NOT "White male =
>Possibly Anti-government (or IRA, or KKK) extremist".
>Do you have one shred of information suggesting that a
>greater percentage of Arabs are terrorists than other
>nationalities?

Jen - ITA! In every era of discrimination, there is this disgusting sentiment that it's okay to say certain things about certain races, because "it's true." That is precisely what racism is. Beliefs that negative sterotypes are true.

It's racism, that's all.


And, I'm confused. What does "clean-shaven" have to do with any of this? I must be missing something. Most American Arabs are.

-Mallyn

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Re: Racial Profiling - Semi-ventRaisinmom04:43:09 10/14/02 Mon
    Re: Racial Profiling - Semi-ventJen09:16:48 10/14/02 Mon


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