Racism, bigotry, et al.

[LARSSON at VAX1.Mankato.MSUS.EDU]

Henry M. comments:
"The modern, genteel style of bigotry assumes that the people hearing
it don't mind it. It's done behind backs.
"Did you hear the one about the..."
"Oh, I'm sorry. I didn't realize that you're a... You're not? Well,
it's just a joke, anyway. Why, I knew one...""


Well, at least until it leaks out of the board rooms of Texaco (the tip
of the iceberg, as someone said in the paper recently).

Don Larsson, Mankato State U (MN)