[at-l] kelly's and skeeter's posts about tennessee - kindaof a2001hike...

[cwfrank at surry.net (Charles Frank)]

How unfortunate it is that today in this country there are still one or 2
groups that cannot be joked about because it's politically incorrect. Maybe
there are more like 4 groups now that I think about it.
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From: <greyowl@rcn.com>
To: "Dave Hicks" <daveh@psknet.com>
Cc: <at-l@mailman.backcountry.net>
Sent: Thursday, July 03, 2003 7:45 AM
Subject: Re: [at-l] kelly's and skeeter's posts about tennessee - kindaof
a2001 hike...


> Unfortunately very true.  Bigotry is born of ignorance and
> unfortunately there are a lot ignorant people out in the
> world.  One way to break down the wals of bigotry is through
> Humor.  I always think of Gandhi who had a wonderful sense of
> humor and was able to use it to make someone feel
> uncomfortable and forced them to think about situations that
> they did not want to think about.
>
> It has never been my intention to defame anybody.  In my
> younger days I was a civil rights activitist working to
> reigster voters in Oxford Maryland.  I was also one of the
> few white faces in the crowd in the civil rights march on
> Washington DC.  Yes, I open my mouth and stick my size 14
> feet in there.  I am just human, and unfortunately my parents
> were and still are racists.  So I have to work at it every
> day.
>
> Grey Owl
>
> >OTOH, I have heard far too many Jewish, Black, Gay,
> >Women/men, etc (and maybe even some lawyer) jokes that were
> >mean spirited, coming from judgmental, condescending,
> >bigots - bigots whose condemnation of the  "target" group
> >came though load and clear.  BTW - this bigotry is often far
> >clearer in recounted "incidents" than in true jokes.
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