Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site decwrl.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!mgnetp!ihnp4!zehntel!dual!decwrl!dec-rhea!dec-amber!chabot From: chabot@amber.DEC (Lisa S. Chabot) Newsgroups: net.singles Subject: Re: disgusting! Message-ID: <3308@decwrl.UUCP> Date: Mon, 13-Aug-84 16:37:13 EDT Article-I.D.: decwrl.3308 Posted: Mon Aug 13 16:37:13 1984 Date-Received: Wed, 15-Aug-84 01:49:06 EDT Sender: daemon@decwrl.UUCP Organization: DEC Engineering Network Lines: 48 "Majority stereotypes" "Minority stereotypes" Well, gee, as far as I know, this is the first letter in which I have used these terms. So imagine my surprise this afternoon to find Alan S. Driscoll == ! { letter entitled "Subject: Re: disgusting!" } ! While Lisa would never be caught spouting "minority stereotypes," she's ! quick to defend "majority stereotypes." They're two entirely different ! things. They must be, since Lisa uses different words to describe them. 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. Of course, the ?fact? that I got somebody else to write this :-), which of course everyone *must* believe I espouse :-?, is just another example of my smooth-tongued snake-talk. (In _The_Prince_, doesn't Machiavelli say that the trick of good public relations is to get somebody else to do your dirty work?)(Now, if I could only remember how I did it! And then, how to get it to do the dirty work I want done, not any more of this self-directed stuff). ! If you're going to accept some forms of bigotry, but reject others, you ! have to be careful to cover yourself. Lisa Chabot is good at this. The ! trick is to choose your words carefully. Veerrrrryyyy carefully! :-) "Trussssssst in meeee, Jussssssst in meeee,..." L S Chabot, Accused Ass-Coverer and Public Snake UUCP: ...decwrl!dec-rhea!dec-amber!chabot ARPA: ...chabot%amber.DEC@decwrl.ARPA USFail: DEC, MR03-1/K20, 2 Iron Way, Marlborough, MA 01752