Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site allegra.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!allegra!alan From: alan@allegra.UUCP (Alan S. Driscoll) Newsgroups: net.singles Subject: Re: disgusting! (apology) Message-ID: <2699@allegra.UUCP> Date: Tue, 14-Aug-84 22:54:17 EDT Article-I.D.: allegra.2699 Posted: Tue Aug 14 22:54:17 1984 Date-Received: Wed, 15-Aug-84 06:43:48 EDT References: <3308@decwrl.UUCP> Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories, Murray Hill Lines: 26 > I'm not sure, but I *think* that Alan's impression comes from a letter by > Steven Maurer entitled "Subject: Re: comments on Maurer's comments on Chabot's > comments..." which quotes the following passage which I DID NOT write > (and NEITHER did Steven Maurer): >> ... A major difference between >> stereotypes of minorities and stereotypes of "majorities". Minority >> stereotypes involve lies and falsehoods told about people to spread >> hatred; some minorities actually adhered to the stereotypes, believing >> that 1) they were supposed to, and 2) that "majorities" would be more >> accepting of them if they behaved according to expectations. Majority >> stereotypes involve behaviors that we have seen more than our share >> of examples of; while *some* minorities actually adhered to their >> stereotypes for the reasons I've described, the funny thing is that >> so many "majorities" do the same thing for the same reasons. Ok, I screwed up. Lisa, I apologize for dragging your good name through the mud. (Think of it this way: People who never put their foot in their mouth are very boring. I know, I know, it's no excuse... just a feeble attempt to "make nice".) So, who *did* contribute the above gem to the great Maurer/Chabot debate?