On 17-7-2009 4:50, Tim Cook wrote:
> andrel wrote:
>> or social status, which is correlated to race.
> 
> As in, "I'm not racist, I'm just opposed to people with certain 
> lifestyle/moral/political views" (that are overwhelmingly correlated to 
> race)?  When attribute x is associated with race, it's still racism, in 
> the end effect.  Kind of like saying "I don't hate women, I just have an 
> issue with people who menstruate".  The motivation is a paper-thin 
> excuse covering what the real problem is, at least for the targeted 
> group.  It doesn't matter *why* you're bigoted, just the fact that you are.

My remark was about political preferences of groups of people in the US, 
not about interaction between members of groups.

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