From: "Michael Wiik" <mwiik@messagenet.com>
> "Olga Bourlin" <fauxever@sprynet.com> wrote:
> > Those who think that someone needs to meet a lower standard just because
of
> > their skin color
Ack! Please note I did not write what was attributed to me above (I
recognized the mistake immediately, as I don't think or talk that way,
yipes). The post was from me, but I was quoting something Mike Lorrey had
said:
[snip]... Mike Lorrey has written "[But] there are different types of
racists as well.
Those who think that someone needs to meet a lower standard just because of
their skin color to get the same job or to be accepted into college, or
someone who thinks that someone who is 7 generations separated from their
enslaved ancestors deserves 'reparations', is themselves a racist"). [snip]
> It wasn't until I got my first computer job that I met people on a
> regular basis who I regarded as intelligent as I was.
It's interesting you should mention this. Reminds me when I read of black
men who went into the armed services (the time frame for this was somewhere
between WWII and the beginning of the Civil Rights era), finding themselves
around white men for virtually the first time of their lives - and
discovering that not all white men were smart (and simultaneously figuring
out - they've been hoaxed!).
I'm no
> super-genius, but have seen high school test scores that (somehow) gave
> me an IQ of a little over 140. I think most smart people agree that they
> don't regard themselves as smart so much as they regard most other
> people as stupid. I can imagine a black person thinking I'm
> discriminating because of his or her skin color but unless they
> challenge me intellectually I may ignore or dismiss them, just as I
> might dismiss most other stupid people, regardless of race.
Charm knows no color line, huh?
Olga
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