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- From: rush@eggneb.astro.ucla.edu (Brian Rush )
- Subject: Is F. Kittredge racist? (was: Re: Why are Kenyans so fast (rebutal))
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- Date: 25 Jan 93 08:07:01 PST
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- In article <FKITTRED.93Jan23200913@spchp13.BBN.COM> fkittred@spchp13.BBN.COM (Fletcher Kittredge) writes:
- >4) Their argument is inherently racist.It is racist because we wouldn't even
- > be having this discussion if the athletes involved were not African.
- > If the Germans had won a bunch of marathons in a row, we wouldn't
- > be talking about how the Germans are genetically superior runners
- > to the French, we would be talking about how good the German's training
- > program was. Yet there is an equal genetic distance between the
- > French and the Germans as between the East Africans and West Africans.
-
- YOU are either racist or the most unintelligent person to post to this
- newsgroup in a long time. First of all, your claim above is based on
- completely flawed logic. Can you prove it? No. Second, even if it
- were sound login, the 'then' part of an 'if-then' statement is not
- supported at all if the 'if' part is false. Why didn't you even
- consider looking at facts before posting your uninformed (I'm giving you
- the benefit of the doubt here my saying uninformed instead of stupid)
- opinions? Medical journals are FILLED with articles studying differences
- between all sorts of people groups as it relates to athletic
- performance. The only reason that RW chose to write about this one in
- particular is that it is the only such issue that has been a hot topic
- of discussion among runner for years. There is no reason NOT to believe
- that they would have written a story had there been a largely noticable
- and often talked about performance difference between, say, Germans and
- Spaniards. One of the most blatant forms of racism is when people
- like you assume things along the lines of 'all white people are racist'
- or when you are LOOKING for any opportunity to call someone racist just
- because they try to talk about a race-related issue. Grow up.
-