[NU Sports] We beat Iowa five ways

[Arthur Miller]

> To: johnadeg at comcast.net; MHRJGScott at aol.com; nwu-sports at tssi.com> Subject: Re: [NU Sports] We beat Iowa five ways> Date: Fri, 2 Jan 2009 16:20:13 -0500> From: neonrye at aol.com> > P.S.:? John:? Your slur of Detroit and its residents (and I must confess, having been there a couple of times, it is far from my favorite city) is really outrageous.? There is a racial tinge to your comment that I find offensive, and I would guess I am not alone.? As we roll into the New Year, and await the Inaguration of our first African-American President with great hope and expectations, why don't you can the cant.>
 
This thread deserves to die a horrible death, but I have to ask those of you self-proclaimed open-minded thinkers who took offense to John's "slur":  What about his statement was "racial"?  Are you sure that you aren't reading more into this than is warranted?  Is it *really* racism, just because the inner city of Detroit is primarily African-American? I don't like hip hop music, I think it's a bunch of tripe.  Does that make me a racist?  I hope not, but it does seem that 95% or more of all hip hop performers appear to be African-American. As of later this month, 100% of sitting U.S. Presidents will be African-American.  Holy cow, if I criticize him, am I a racist? Please clarify these questions for me, as if I am in fact a closet racist I would like to cease.  Of course, you'll need to come up with another term for a person who believes in the inherent superiority of one race over another, because the previous term has now been rendered utterly meaningless.   
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