mr.right or magnanimous..
i do think that Omar did very much understood the relevance of bigotry.
Being in scandinavia doesn't exempt u from from the tyranny of a social
class most often addressed as NIGGERS and to which, i can substantiate a
presence. Also allow me to add... there are to my definition of American
blacks...two distinctive categories, which are, as my beloved
teacher(MALCOM-X) referred to as the: HOUSE NIGGERS and FARM NIGGERS: I,
however, do not comprehend which of these two u belong to or represent...to
my understanding, Mr. khan is referring to the later due to their
irresponsibility, blindness, arrogance and low self-esteem.
>From: Yusupha Jow <[log in to unmask]>
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>Subject: Re: SV: Yusufa: Re: ON BIGOTRY AND STEREOTYPING
>Date: Tue, 28 Dec 1999 12:15:03 EST
>
>Mr. Drammeh,
>With all due respect, you should be the last one talking since you live in
>Scandinavia where your exposure or experience to bigotry have been quite
>limited. Talk about you experiences but you simply cannot endorse the use
>of
> the word based on one single experience.
>
>In no way did I say that the type of person that Saul described did not
>exist. My objection was to two things: First, the fact that he naively
>tried
>to stereotype African Americans into three groups. This was an
>over-simplistic naive categorization as well as a futile attempt at
>stereotyping. Second, after a handful of experiences with unsavory
>characters, he decided to call a whole section of the population the most
>demeaning word that was coined by whites to describe blacks. But he had no
>justification for the use of the word. And up to this point, he nor you,
>Mr.
>Drammeh, have been able to justify it's use.
>
>I don't expect you to be able to read between the lines and see bigotry for
>what it really is. But I would urge you to not only use your mind, but
>take
>a hard long look at the information in front of you before agreeing with
>blanket statements like the ones Saul made.
>
>To conclude, no apology is expected from you. Hope you acknowledge that we
>cannot generalize or make stereotypes. This type of behavior has been the
>cause of too many problems.
>
>Have a nice day, Mr. Drammeh.
>
>Yus
>
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