[Carak]

This is just part of the double standard the United States has about discussing race and ethnicity. It is completely against the Constitutional protection of free speech that what is said against minorities is forbidden, even prosecuted (even in universities, which should be the bastions of free speech) while anything can be said against whites. I remember a Redd Foxx TV show in which he said (I think this is an exact quote), ‘Ain’t nothing uglier than an old white woman.’ I can imagine the uproar if this were said about some ‘minority’ group instead. I have encountered an anthology of articles about ethnic groups, commonly used to teach classes even in elite prep schools, in which there is an article by a black man that has the most outrageous lies about the 17th-century Puritans of Massachusetts I have ever seen. Not one comment by the editor that this article might not be true — and the students reading it would have no idea it is one man’s vitriolic lies unless the teacher happened to point this out. I think everyone should be able to say anything they please about anything as long as this applies to everyone, and as long as it is made clear that what is said may be just someone’s opinion, not necessarily fact. I would like it to be clear that I would rather people never said anything vicious about anyone else, but that happy situation is unlikely to prevail anytime soon.

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Name : Carak, Gender : F, Sexual Orientation : Straight, Race : White/Caucasian, Religion : Agnostic, Age : 60, City : Boston, State : MA, Country : United States, Occupation : high-tech professional, Education level : Over 4 Years of College, Social class : Middle class,