Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/02/18
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 08:24 AM 2/18/00 -0500, Austin Franklin wrote: >[Austin] What an amazing statement. Can you name any country that treats >outsiders more 'equally' than the US? For people with dark skin, most countries in the so-called "Third World." >Parts of other countries treat you >somewhat 'equally' because you have money to spend (or treat you nice, but >charge you more...), but if you lived there, you would see the differential >biases. It's human nature to treat people who 'look' like you more equally >than people who are 'different'. And that is why your statement is true mostly for people with white skin, not for everyone. There's a lot more out there than just white people. Jeff Spirer Axiom Records: http://www.hyperreal.org/axiom/ Photos: http://www.hyperreal.org/~jeffs/gallery.html