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Matt Ion <mion -at- direct -dot- ca> wrote:
>On Tue, 27 Jun 1995 08:43:10 PDT you wrote:
>John,
>>Words like sexism and racism are commonly used to mean
>>the beliefs, words, deeds, or very existence of "men" and "white people." I
>>call that insensitive, as well as inaccurate.
>..says it all so well. Mind if I steal it? I get the feeling I could use
>this extensively in the future!
Unfortunately, it has been very true in the past. For example, our constitution
was
written with the idea of freedom for all but that all seemed to be defined as
all IF
you were a)male and b)white. Perhaps that's where the common usage of the terms
mentioned above springs from.
