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 but the point is, and correct me if I am wrong, wouldn't they bring a rather
 white Jesus, and then where do you sort out what is white, what is Jesus and
 what is white culture.  Far as I am concerned it is as much about their race,
 their skin color and their culture as it is about the culture of the Akha
 which
 they so intentionally look down on and destroy.

 Matthew

 Henry Szymonik wrote:

 > Matthew was using the logic that since all the missionaries
 > he sees that are abusive are white, then all white missionaries
 > are abusive.
 >
 > I don't know why he has seen no black/Hispanic/Native
 > American missionaries, but I was saying that Matthew
 > should look at other reasons than race.  I gave a possible
 > example that perhaps the groups that send missionaries
 > to places like Thailand are racist and do not accept
 > non-whites in their ranks.   It was just a hypothetical.
 >
 > Does anyone have more concrete reasons for why
 > Matthew only sees whites?  Perhaps it is something
 > as simple as the denominations involved are rooted
 > in mostly white areas.  In the U.S., for example, the
 > Mormon church is based in Utah, which is 94% white,
 > so it makes sense that most Mormons who go abroad
 > on mission are white.
 >
 > ----- Original Message -----
 > From: Diego Quesada <dquesada at chass.utoronto.ca>
 > To: <endangered-languages-l at carmen.murdoch.edu.au>
 > Sent: Sunday, October 03, 1999 4:41 PM
 > Subject: Re: ELL: Re: Waiver [please disregard previous version; it wasn't
 > finished when sent]
 >
 > >
 > >
 > > On Sun, 3 Oct 1999, Henry Szymonik wrote:
 > >
 > > > Perhaps you should look at the missionary groups you criticize.
 > Perhaps
 > > > you haven't seen any black/Hispanic/Native American missionaries
 > because
 > > > the groups are themselves racist and don't allow such missionaries.
 > This
 > > > would have nothing to do with the simple fact that they are white, only
 > with
 > > > the fact that they are racist.
 > >
 > > Can you please ellaborate a bit more on this? I'm afraid I could not make
 > > sense of it.
 > >
 > > DQ
 > >
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 Matthew McDaniel
 The Akha Heritage Foundation
 386/3 Sailom Joi Rd
 Maesai, Chiangrai, 57130
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