RE: [MLUG] Online Writer Needed

[Ashley Holloway <EMAIL:PROTECTED>]

Sorry to start something guys .. but I was actually asking on behalf of my 
husband.

Ashley

At 12:25 PM 10/7/2003 -0500, you wrote:
> > >In other words, you're not exactly an Equal Opportunity
> > Employer, as well >as being sexist.
> >
> > Now I've heard it all.  Encouraging women to apply for a
> > position in a
> > field where they are typically not found in great numbers (while not
> > giving preferential treatment) is being called "sexism".
>
>You make comments that disparage male IT professionals while speaking well 
>of their female counterparts based on an unfounded bias about females. 
>Gee, thats not sexist at all.
>
> > Whatever.  I guess I ought to call up the local KKK and see
> > if I qualify
> > as a racist because I told a black friend to give me a call
> > this weekend..
>
>I doubt they consider themselves racist. If you started asking for black 
>friends because you liked playing sports and believed they were inherently 
>better at it than whites, then that would be "reverse-racism" (which is in 
>itself a racist term, implying that only minorities can qualify as being 
>victims of racism).
>
>Discrimination goes both ways, and if you support or tolerate it, its 
>going to come back to haunt you.
>
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