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From: alan@allegra.UUCP (Alan S. Driscoll)
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Subject: Re: disgusting! (apology)
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Date: Tue, 14-Aug-84 22:54:17 EDT
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> 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?