Firstly, anyone who uses the term "buddy" to address someone immediately
discredits themself to some extent. :P
Second, regardless of whether it academically fits the definition of
"racism" (I won't argue that point since I'm certainly not an expert on
ethnic origins), the "anti-Muslim" or "anti-Arab" acts themselves have
the same motivation and affect Muslim and Arabic people the same way
"racist" acts affect people of a particular race (which is why I group
the acts under the term "racism"). And it's how people are affected
which is the point I was trying to make (which is far more important,
IMO, than splitting hairs over the academic definition of peoples'
actions).
Anyways, if you really want to continue this discussion, take it
private. The only reason why I kept this message public was to take the
opportunity to defend what I said.
g
On Thursday, September 20, 2001, at 10:21 AM, Jason Kessler wrote:
Let's just clarify one thing here buddy... anti-Muslim or anti-Arab
sentiment, as wrong as it is, CAN NOT be equated with Racism. Why, you
ask?
Because Arabs do not represent a distinct Racial group. Technically
they are
Caucasian, but ETHNICALLY they are Semitic peoples... the same as Jews!
In
fact, Jews and Arabs are genetic cousins; there has been scientific
research
done to this effect. I'm really getting sick of people calling it
Racism.
What we're talking about is anti-Arab or anti-semitic behavior, not
Racism.
Don't mince words!
-J
on 9/20/01 6:05 PM, gord at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I wasn't going to post anything to this list about this topic (since it
really isn't the forum for it), but this is a great point.
Much of the mainstream media has been putting a very racist spin on
this
and has created a dangerous situation. I have heard personally from
one
Islamic man living here who has received a number of death threats. I
also know that there are a lot of Palestinians living in North America
who are scared to walk the streets for fear of racist backlash.
The analogy I always like to draw for people is if Timothy McVeigh had
bombed a building in Iraq, would you feel it was right for the people
of
Iraq to blame the entire United States for it and want to retaliate
against us? Would you, as a fellow American, feel any connection at
all
to his actions? I'm sure this is how the majority of Palestinian
people
feel at the point. For the media to show that footage and imply that
it
represents the feelings of all Palestinians is atrocious.
g
On Thursday, September 20, 2001, at 12:24 PM, David González wrote:
ok, maybe you're right, but as far as I know, in those images all you
can
see is about 5 kids, a woman and two adults celebrating (about 9 or 10
people). That's all the celebration? is that all the footage CNN could
get?
Why are this images said to be celebration of the palestinians, for me
it is
a celebration of 10 palestiniansd, most of them kids... I think that
is
also
distorting reality. I'm not defending anyone here, all I say is this
type of
things promote hate and violence, and that's exactly what we are
trying
to
avoid, or is it not?
I'm really getting sick of this thing. The "False" CNN coverage is a
hoax:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/middle_east/newsid_1540000/1540102.
st
m
and
http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_402920.html?menu=news.latestheadlines
CNN says fake footage claims are 'baseless and ridiculous'
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