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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color="#333300" face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#333300'>Ron, I’m surprised at you! Surely you
are aware of the many meanings of “white”, <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span class=GramE><font size=3 color="#333300"
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#333300'>and</span></font></span><font
color="#333300"><span style='color:#333300'> the possibility that the usage
might derive from particular discourse patterns<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span class=GramE><font size=3 color="#333300"
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#333300'>relating</span></font></span><font
color="#333300"><span style='color:#333300'> to oil-painting (or is it auto
refinishing?) in the Southern States? Why I’m<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span class=GramE><font size=3 color="#333300"
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#333300'>surprised</span></font></span><font
color="#333300"><span style='color:#333300'> at your rash leap of faith to
think it might have anything to do with race!<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color="#333300" face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#333300'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color="#333300" face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#333300'>Historically speaking this is of course
nonsense, since the <span class=SpellE>color</span> white existed for<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span class=GramE><font size=3 color="#333300"
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#333300'>millennia</span></font></span><font
color="#333300"><span style='color:#333300'> before slavery, and anyhow haven’t
we said enough about all that awful stuff?<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color="#333300" face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#333300'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color="#333300" face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#333300'>In any case I have no position </span></font>whatsoever
on the meaning of “white”, and anyone<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span class=GramE><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>who</span></font></span> says I do is wrong, except to
note that I could probably find lots of dictionary <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span class=GramE><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>definitions</span></font></span> if I really tried,
and I reckon the more I put in my email, the better it would <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span class=GramE><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>prove</span></font></span> my point... <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:36.0pt'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Quit laughing –
this is a grave and sombre analysis and the imprecations <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span class=GramE><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>for</span></font></span> all you straight-men are
serious…<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'><span style='mso-tab-count:1'> </span>-p-<font
color="#333300"><span style='color:#333300'><o:p></o:p></span></font></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color="#333300" face=Garamond><span
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color:#333300'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 color="#333300" face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#333300;mso-no-proof:yes'>Prof Peter L Patrick<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 color="#333300" face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#333300;mso-no-proof:yes'>Dept of Language and
Linguistics<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 color="#333300" face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#333300;mso-no-proof:yes'>University of Essex<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 color="#333300" face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#333300;mso-no-proof:yes'>Wivenhoe Park<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 color="#333300" face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#333300;mso-no-proof:yes'>Colchester CO4 3SQ, UK<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 color="#333300" face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#333300;mso-no-proof:yes'><span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 color="#333300" face="Courier New"><span
lang=IT style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#333300;mso-ansi-language:IT;mso-no-proof:
yes'>E:<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>patrickp@essex.ac.uk<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 color="#333300" face="Courier New"><span
lang=IT style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#333300;mso-ansi-language:IT;mso-no-proof:
yes'>Ph:<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>+44 (0) 1206 87.2088<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 color="#333300" face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#333300;mso-no-proof:yes'>Fax: +44(0) 1206
87.2198<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 color="#333300" face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#333300;mso-no-proof:yes'>Web:
privatewww.essex.ac.uk/~patrickp<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;mso-ansi-language:EN-US'>-----Original
Message-----<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>From:</span></b> owner-linganth@ats.rochester.edu
[mailto:owner-linganth@ats.rochester.edu] <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>On
Behalf Of </span></b>Kephart, Ronald<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> 12 March 2007 15:00<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> linganth@cc.rochester.edu<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> Re: [Linganth]
"That's so gay" controversy</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:
12.0pt;margin-left:36.0pt'><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:10.5pt'>All this reminds me of my first teaching job, at an
exclusive private boys’ <br>
school here in Jacksonville, Florida, 1969-70. On any day that I didn’t <br>
assign homework, somebody was sure to say “that’s really white of
you, Mr. <br>
Kephart.”<br>
<br>
Ron</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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