racist rhetoric

[Gary Palmer]

Dear List Viewers,

I agree with Rudy that come-ons such as "Are blacks genetically
programmed for promiscuity?" are inappropriate in that they attempt to
elevate racist stereotypes to the status of a scientific problem and
thereby foster the very stereotypes that they purport to question. On
the positive side, the incident provides a good classroom example of the
pragmatic language-and-power issues that provide much of the subject
matter of linguistic anthropology.

Gary Palmer
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