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From: roy@gitpyr.UUCP (Roy J. Mongiovi)
Newsgroups: net.singles
Subject: Re: On the Interpretation of "girl"
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Date: Sun, 23-Sep-84 15:28:10 EDT
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> Would you call a Black man a "boy"?  Would you understand why he
> might object?  Can you generalize from this example?  Hint: it has to
> do with the distribution of power and privilege.

Well, now.  I'm afraid I'd call him whatever I'd call a white man
(or yellow or olive or red) in the same circumstances....

How about you?
-- 
Roy J. Mongiovi.  Office of Computing Services.
Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta GA  30332
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