File spoon-archives/postcolonial.archive/postcolonial_2000/postcolonial.0007, message 165


Date: Thu, 20 Jul 2000 11:28:14 -0400 (Eastern Daylight Time)
From: terry goldie <tgoldie-AT-YorkU.CA>
Subject: Re: White mens problems 


Since I don't believe anyone is only "representative of herself," no.
terry

Terry Goldie
English Department
York University
North York, Ontario
Canada
M3J 1P3
voice: 416-604-3670
fax: 416-736-5412
email: tgoldie-AT-yorku.ca

On Thu, 20 Jul 2000, Florence Libert wrote:

> > I suppose that when one group (Canadians) tends not to like another group
> > (Americans) then a third group (eg. Europeans) usually says, "So what's
> > the point?"
> > terry
> 
> Terry,
> 
> Could you translate for me, not any group?
> 
> Florence representative of herself
> 
> >>> I hope all the Americans on the list realize I write as a Canadian.
> >>> terry 
> >> 
> >> What should the non-Americans on the list think/realize? :)
> >> Just wondering, Terry! :)
> >> Florence
> >> 
> >>> I honestly think it is rather silly to make any big claims for race as
> >>> inherent, more profound, biologically valid, or any other such. The
> >>> only reason it is one of the most prominent, if not the most prominent,
> >>> means of discrimination is because it is the most obvious marker of group
> >>> difference. And perhaps there IS something inherent in groups not liking
> >>> other groups.
> >>> I hope all the Americans on the list realize I write as a Canadian.
> >>> terry 
> >>> 
> >>> Terry Goldie
> >>> English Department
> >>> York University
> >>> North York, Ontario
> >>> Canada
> >>> M3J 1P3
> >>> voice: 416-604-3670
> >>> fax: 416-736-5412
> >>> email: tgoldie-AT-yorku.ca
> 
> 
> 
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