From: J056600@LMSC5.IS.LMSC.LOCKHEED.COM
Subject: Re: The PC Issue
Organization: Lockheed Missiles & Space Company, Inc.
Date: Tue, 28 Jul 92 20:09:05 GMT

From: hasn@midway.uchicago.edu (Sheheryar Hasnain)
In <1992Jul28.142752.25949@midway.uchicago.edu>, Sheheryar Hasnain whines:

>Ironically enough (although to be expected) all the people that responded
>to the "What is PC?" posting earlier in a negative fashion were,
>assuming from their names, white
>male ( & probably straight)!  Political Correctness is meant for the benefit
>of the "oppressed", not insecure white males who feel threatened in their
>quest for absolute power!

Here we go again.  Why does the PC Left always say this hypocritical crap?
They always say that prejudice based on race and sex is bad, but they always
do the same thing to those who are white and those who are male!

You would guess by MY name I'm just another white, right?  Wrong!  You would be
guilty of prejudice, classifying a name with a race.  If my name were, for
example, Jose Ramirez, and someone commented about my having "an Hispanic
sounding name," they would be branded as racists and bigots.  Why should your
transgressions be treated any differently?

I am Shawnee Indian.  Yes, that's right.  Shawnee Indian.  But I'll bet, since
you love to stereotype a race by their names, that you thought my name would
have to be Running Bear for me to be an Indian, right?  All of a sudden, that
makes my opinion more valuable, right?  Is it so important that I'm an Indian?
No.  What's important is that I feel *human* emotions.  I don't let myself get
sucked into the eternal-victimization/self-pity/"group-think" crowd.  The past
is over, and we need to make the future better for ALL of us--not just those
who are female and dark-skinned.

And by the way, the Shawnee were *brutal*.  Don't let the PC crowd tell you
that it's only whites, and *all* white males, which are that bad.  I'm proud of
my heritage, yes.  I think that's healthy.  But I do not subscribe to the
hypothesis that any one race is intrinsically better than all the others.  I
don't care *which* races are involved.  To feel that way is pure racism, which
is either *always* wrong or *never* wrong.  I happen to think it's always
wrong.  But I will admit that you have a right to hate white males if you want.
Just don't expect to be seen as an anti-racist when you are racist yourself.

Does the name Dinesh D'Souza sound white to you?  D'Souza is the author of an
*outstanding* book called _Illiberal_Education_, which I highly recommend to
anyone who is interested in results of the PC movement. D'Souza annihilates the
PC movement on college campuses, showing how ridiculous the PC police can be.
People accused without merit, people expelled for telling politically incorrect
undeniable truths, and people who selectively ban speech and expression are a
few of the groups which Mr. D'Souza describes.  Oh, and if you see a hardcover
copy of this book, look at D'Souza's picture on the book cover and tell me that
he is white.  I dare you to tell me that he's white.  Come on, I'm waiting...

You are as guilty as, if not more than, those you accuse.  Oh, wait, I forgot.
You *can't* be guilty.  You're not a white male.  Sorry...

And please don't call me a "Native American."  I'm an American.

Tim Irvin   j056600@lmsc5.is.lmsc.lockheed.com
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