SB**!!- Bear is WRONG. On Mon, 11 Dec 1995, Bear, responding to J. Honiball, wrote:

[BEBT84D@prodigy.com ( RICK MILLER)]

>Really irrelevant to the discussion, but negative racism is
>exemplified by racistly demeaning rhetoric. Positive racism
>would be a form of racism, like affirmative action, that is
>implemented for the purposes of correcting past patterns
>of racism.

  Bear:
1. "racistly" is not a word. (-:

2. There is no logical justification for your support of 
   "Positive Racism" (Aff. Action). Improper behavior 
(racism/discrimination)
    by those in the past does not constitute a justification for 
racism (Aff. Action)
    now. Your argument is uncogent, as it commits the "Tu quoque" 
fallacy
    ( "You too", "2 wrongs make a right"). To argue that "positive 
racism" corrects
    "past patterns of racism" is misleading; to continue any 
institutionalized form
    of racism (such as Aff. Action) is to perpetuate the entrenchment 
of a bad
    mind set, as it gives racism  "legal respectability".  Bear,
"Positive racism" would seem to be an         oxyMORON.

    Bear, this is not a flame, but rather an important observation of 
a very serious matter.

Merry Christmas, Happy holidays
Rick

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