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Minnemooseus
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Message 211 of 759 (639801)
11-04-2011 1:14 AM
Reply to: Message 209 by Rrhain
11-04-2011 12:28 AM


General statements and stereotypes (rice division)
Taz writes:
I was attending a debate at a nearby university. The discussion was about general statements and stereotypes. At one point, a question was posed what would make a general statement ok to make. Someone said "asian people tend to eat rice".
Of course this got all the liberal commies all riled up. They called it racist and that you shouldn't make a statement like that.
My "bolding".
Rrhain writes:
And most likely, they're right. Why? Because nobody says something like, "Asian people tend to eat rice," in the context of nutritional anthropology.
Per nationmaster.com:
The top 9 rice consuming countries are Asian.
There is some per capita information and other discussion here.
There sure is a lot of rice eaten in Asian countries. "Asian people tend to eat rice", to me, qualifies as a good "general statements and stereotype". I have to side with Taz on this one.
Moose

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Message 398 of 759 (702155)
07-01-2013 10:11 PM


Side note - Bill Clinton, DOMA, then and now
There was an interesting little thing over at "Dispatches from the Culture Wars"
The Chutzpah of Bill Clinton
Read there, including the comments, but the short version:
DOMA passed by House and Senate with 2/3+ majorities (veto override levels). Clinton thought it was a bad and unconstitutional law, but he signed it anyway, and then defended it. But did DOMA passage derail what could have been an anti-gay marriage constitutional amendment? Something bad that stopped something even worse?
See the stuff at the link.
Moose

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