On Wed, 29 Sep 2004, Charles Brown wrote:
> Not all prejudices are of the same social import and impact as white
> supremacy.
>
> If you are so astounded, why don't you do a survey of Black people and ask
> them if they think racism and socalled heterosexism are the same type of
> thing.
Believe it or not, I agree with your main point: racism is more historically entrenched in our social order than heterosexism. However, this is completely consistent with my argument: I'm not saying that heterosexism is just as important or pervasive or disabling as racism, I'm saying it's one of the forms of social stratification in our society, like sexism or racism or sizism or ablism. In my view, this is an obvious claim based on a pile of data. I don't see why you want to have a pissing contest about which group is most victimized.
Miles