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From: tj@sun.uucp (Cal Thixton)
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Subject: Re: Alan Turing biography
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Date: Mon, 4-Jun-84 12:40:53 EDT
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> "why wasn't I told that Alan Turing was gay in class?"
> 
> Same reason I wasn't told that John von Neumann was straight in
> class.

But if John von Neumann were black, this would be mentioned. At least
now anyway, maybe not 10 years ago. In many of our classrooms today,
if John Doe is mentioned, he is assumed to be a white, heterosexual
anglo-saxon, handicap-less, christian male. Not to mention that
John Doe was a woman, not a man, is just as important as mentioning
that Alan Turing was gay. 


		Cal Thixton
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