[PEN-L:11186] Re: On censorship

[Ajit Sinha <ecas@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

At 01:40 PM 7/7/97 -0700, you wrote:
  If, rather than
>sexism, Karl had expressed equally damaging racism, would those who have
>spoken in favor of allowing him to remain continue to be so inclined?  Karl
>and others like him have many venues on the Internet to spew their hurtful
>vituperation.  This list does not have to be one of them.
>
>
>in solidarity,
>Michael
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If you are asking this question of me. My answer is most certainly I would
have reacted the same way. Let me tell you a story. A few years ago at the
URPE summer conference I attended a workshop on how to teach race and gender
cources. A very good friend of mine (a white woman) narrated a story about a
student in her class who was out and out and quite vocally racist. She had
to throw this guy out of the class. I told the workshop then that she might
have reacted that way because of being white. I would have never thrown that
guy out of my class. You need to engage these people. Some of these people
are loudly asking for help. They are asking for education in a
psychologically abnormal manner. By the way, I'm a feminist. Cheers, ajit sinha