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From: R.Y.Fixer [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Sent: Thursday, March 07, 2002 6:25 PM
Subject: Re: Fwd: Re: [313] Regarding Business
One entry found for racism.
Main Entry: rac·ism
Pronunciation: 'rA-si-zm also -shi-
Function: noun
actually, there is a very clear accepted definition. It might be worded
slightly differently in the OED but that was from Mirriam Webster, the
US standard dictionary.
Language is the only way we human animals have to convey meaning, and
for it to work, we all need to work from the same
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From: R.Y.Fixer [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Phonopsia [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Cc: 313@hyperreal.org
Sent: Friday, March 08, 2002 7:57 AM
Subject: Re: Fwd: Re: [313] Regarding Business
actually, there is a very clear accepted definition. It might be worded
slightly differently
Tristan has a great point here. Besides, how do you know that the person who
posted originally about racism meant it the same way as webster did?!
I mean seriously; wasn't webster only 3.5 ft. tall because of a deficiency in
his pituitary gland? With all the medication he was taking, how
this is the point exactly. How do we know what anyone else means unless
we use the one common source of the meaning of the words we use in our
language?
I can see tristan really wishes the words mean something different to
the rest of us, but it just hasn't happened yet.
Linguistics and
My suggestion is to start a new topic about racism in music and use the webster
or OED definition from the get-go. then maybe it would go more smoothly???
this is the point exactly. How do we know what anyone else means unless
we use the one common source of the meaning of the words we use
there are many better forums available on the Net for those with an
interest in Discrimination in the Music Industry, racial or sexual or
what have you. Seek them out, the discussions would be welcome there
and might even have qualified, educated people to help you formulating
your own opinions.
Eh. I don't personally really have an interest in discussing it unless I see a
chance to crack a joke about it. It is interesting to read many of the posts
though...
On Fri, 08 March 2002, R.Y.Fixer wrote:
there are many better forums available on the Net for those with an
interest in
1 Concepts/words are not neutral, they are contested weapons which social
forces use in struggles for power. There is no such thing as an
objective/politically neutral linguistics, and meanings are not static.
This is especially true of a loaded concept like racism.
2 From Deleuze and
in
'history'. These actions and epithets are not exclusive to white males.
Vince Woolums
Subject: Re: Fwd: Re: [313] Regarding Business
1 Concepts/words are not neutral, they are contested weapons which
social
forces use in struggles for power. There is no such thing as an
objective/politically
Hello,
Is it possible that this is the most ignorant person in America? How does the
fact that Juan Atkins is an African American this excludes him from being
racist? Where does this come from?
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Racism is a system of insitutionalized discrimination against one group by
One entry found for racism.
Main Entry: rac·ism
Pronunciation: 'rA-si-zm also -shi-
Function: noun
Date: 1936
1 : a belief that race is the primary determinant of human traits and
capacities and that racial differences produce an inherent superiority
of a particular race
2 : racial prejudice
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