Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83 based; site hou2b.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxr!mhuxt!houxm!hou2b!halle From: halle@hou2b.UUCP (J.HALLE) Newsgroups: net.followup Subject: Re: Viral infections: Really CBW Message-ID: <597@hou2b.UUCP> Date: Tue, 20-Aug-85 14:32:25 EDT Article-I.D.: hou2b.597 Posted: Tue Aug 20 14:32:25 1985 Date-Received: Sat, 24-Aug-85 00:53:26 EDT References: <167@unc.unc.UUCP> Organization: AT&T Bell Labs, Holmdel NJ Lines: 21 Re Tay-Sachs... Virtually all Tay-Sachs births in the US today are to non-Jewish parents. (Statistic from the Tay-Sachs Research Center, or whatever it's called.) Why? Those at highest risk get screening, so they do not conceive a potential TS baby. Those at lower risk do not worry themselves about it, so do not get screened. In about a generation or so, expect Tay-Sachs to be essentially erradicated among Jews, but prevalent among others. Re Jewish "race" being anti-Semitic In virtually all cases where someone refers specifically to the Jewish RACE, the context is blatently anti-Semitic. There are other ways to refer to the ethnic group without displaying bigotry: religion, people, heritage,... Using the word "race," which is absolutely incorrect, recalls 1930s Germany. As I originally stated, I did not feel that the poster meant anything by the remark, but used it inadvertantly. His use was somewhat akin to using "guys and girls" instead of "guys and gals," a minor faux pas that some people resent. I must point out, though, that many Jewish people would react to that choice of words as a strong ethnic slur. So please be careful.