Date:  Sun, 23 Nov 1997 15:06:28 +0000
From:  Duane Campbell <dcamp[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]EPIX.NET>
Subject: Re: Lippi-Green's Eng with an Accent

At 02:36 PM 11/23/97 -0500, you wrote:

>But I can't help thinking - so what
>does this mean?-- are we aiming for a society without any stereotypes at all?

What is the difference between an expression of cultural diversity and a
stereotype? Which would an image of an African-American wearing a dashiki
be? A Latino in a sombrero? Stanley Kowalski in an undershirt? Is ethnic
food - like fried chicken at the Masters - something to be celebrated or
surpressed?

>"it can be said of the French...that when they are good, they are very, very
>good-- but when they are bad, they are-- Apaches." p. 98, as an instance of
>racism-

REF: Mark Twain, "The French and the Comanches"

Duane Campbell dcamp[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]epix.net
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