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Conference turris::womannotes-v1

Title:ARCHIVE-- Topics of Interest to Women, Volume 1 --ARCHIVE
Notice:V1 is closed. TURRIS::WOMANNOTES-V5 is open.
Moderator:REGENT::BROOMHEAD
Created:Thu Jan 30 1986
Last Modified:Fri Jun 30 1995
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:873
Total number of notes:22329

19.0. "Racism, Sexism and their Similarities." by WHOARU::MAHLER (Michael) Fri May 09 1986 16:13

	One of the area's that strikes me as most familiar
	is the similarity of subjectification of various ethnicities,
	gender or races.  

	Being Moderator of BAGELS has lent itself to also exposing
	me to various anti-semetic remarks as I am sure
	women have heard in the guise of sexism.  

	First you have the alienation;
	Next the subjectification (Nicknames, Slander)
	Then the actual physical abuse.

	Same system, different group.

	Regards,

		Michael

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19.1always and everywhereRAINBO::HARDYFri May 09 1986 17:478
    
    In order to behave in a way unjustified by one's perceptions,
    it is first necessary to use words to redefine them.  After
    this step is accomplished, people readily commit atrocities,
    whoever the target is.
    
    Pat
    
19.2The Nature of PredjudicePAMPAM::WYMANbob wymanSat May 10 1986 21:017
    For an excellent discussion of racism, sexism, etc I would suggest
    that you study the book "The Nature of Predjudice" by Gordon Allport.
    It is a classic and does what it claims: It shows the nature and
    origin of predjudice of all kinds.
    
    		bob wyman
    
19.3ISBN number please.ADGV02::KERRELLDo not disturbTue May 13 1986 09:445
  <--(.2)--(Please can we have the ISBN number (normally inside
  the cover or with the copyright notice) for the book. I'm
  interested in arming myself with anti-predjudice.
  
  Dave.
19.4Racism, Women and World PeaceMUNCSS::EIJSINKHan Eijsink, Munich, GermanyWed May 21 1986 09:1230
	Racism, one of the most baneful and persistent evils, is a
	major barrier to peace. Its practice perpetrates too outra-
	geous a violation of the dignity of human beings to be coun-
	tenanced under any pretext. Racism retards the unfoldment of
	the boundless potentialities of its victims, corrupts its per-
	petrators, and blights human progress. Recognition of the
	oneness of mankind, implemented by appropriate legal measures,
	must be universally upheld if this problem is to be overcome.

	...

	The emancipation of women, the achievement of full equality
	between the sexes, is one of the most important, though less
	acknowledged prerequisites of peace. The denial of such equal-
	ity perpetrates an injustice against one half of the world's
	population and promotes in men harmful attitudes and habits
	that are carried from the family to the workplace, to polit-
	ical life, and ultimately to international relations. There
	are no grounds, moral, practical, or biological, upon which
	such denial can be justified. Only as women are welcomed in-
	to full partnership in all fields of human endeavour will the
	moral and psychological climate be created in which inter-
	national peace can emerge.


From: The Promise of World Peace
      A Statement by The Universal House of Justice
      Baha'i World Centre
      Haifa, Israel
      October 1985