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...been equally outraged if Imus were black, Asian, Latino, Portuguese, or Italian. The ethnicity or skin color of the perpetrator matters none.” Hill’s logic is a common feature of the conversation on racism. There is often an attempt to create an equality of offensiveness??to maintain that certain statements are identically racist no matter who utters them...

Author: By Daniel E. Herz-roiphe | Title: Colorful Language | 5/2/2007 | See Source »

...join with a group of boys who self-segregate, preferring each other to the company of women and the non-elite—and you accept. You join their ranks, and share their club-house; you turn a blind eye to the fundamental absurdity—let alone the offensiveness??of it all. This explains the enormous size of the chips on their shoulders...

Author: By Madeleine S. Elfenbein, | Title: Join the Club | 5/2/2003 | See Source »

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