From brettk at unica-usa.com Tue Jun 8 17:07:57 1999
The title was not intended as a slur against China, or Asia, or
anyone for that matter.
Henry doesn't care, Brett.
Henry thinks you're a racist.
So, are you saying that I'm not entitled to an opinion?
No, he is saying you are entitled to his opinion; otherwise, you are a racist.
That I have to keep my mouth shut because I haven't spent a few
years living in China? Or because I'm not Chinese myself? I
know enough about China to dislike the political system.
You couldn't possibly know enough to break the stranglehold that racism has on you. Therefore: you are a racist. Your thoughts that perhaps you know a thing or two about a thing or two are just racist thoughts.
We're all against racist thoughts, Brett.
Does my critique become compelling if I use Chinese
characters?
No, even worse, it becomes a racist critique.
I've learned quite a bit over the past few days from Charles and Henry. I've learned that you must seek out and expose racism to the exclusion of everything else wherever it appears (and even if it doesn't). It's my duty as penance for my previously silent (thus racist, through inaction at the racism that surrounds me) time to tell you, Brett, that you are a racist.
# "We are all racists now" # -- Nixon
/jordan