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]> >Reply-To: The Gambia and related-issues mailing list ><[log in to unmask]> >To: [log in to unmask] >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 > >---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > >To unsubscribe/subscribe or view archives of postings, go to the Gambia-L >Web interface at: http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/gambia-l.html > >---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe/subscribe or view archives of postings, go to the Gambia-L Web interface at: http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/gambia-l.html ----------------------------------------------------------------------------