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To: CEDA-L <ceda-l@cornell.edu>, jbskarb@asu.edu
Subject: Re:
From: RACE --- <race@midusa.net>
Date: Tue, 06 May 1997 05:53:15 -0500
References: <199705060511.BAA11260@cornell.edu>
Reply-To: race@midusa.net

jbskarb@asu.edu wrote:
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> David Rhasea wrote...
> 
> >i had a bash-on-bash with Al Madrid concerning an argument similar to your
> >marketplace one.  I think it is basically stupid and belittles most all of
> >us.  it also is ... well i was going to start link turning but don't want
> >to go there.  the demographics seems completely irrelevant to me.  just as
> >i think that the argument that legal topics are better b/c people are
> >going to be lawyers someday are stupid.  we can all learn
> >from a deep subject area.
> 
> how in the world is my argument stupid...if there is a voice absent from
> a discussion (in this case the all important minority voice in regard to
> a civil rights topic) we can't have a TRULY enlightening and fruitful
> discussion of the implications of a policy and on a deeper level racism,
> sexism, etc.  the demographics of debate are all important.  everyone on
> this list is saying how much of an important issue it is that we solve
> all of this discrimination.  if people really feel this way should we not
> first take pro active steps to end the under-representation of groups
> within the debate community...maybe then we could have a beneficial
> discussion of race issues etc when we actually can hear from the people
> that will be effected most.
> 
> Justin Skarb
> Arizona State U.

the demographics include few astronauts, space aliens, southeast asians,
Senate treaty ratifies and hopefully domestic terrorists so i guess that
we'll be debating nothing.

dbr

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