On Mon, 03 May 2010 16:22:04 -0400, Warp wrote:

> Jim Henderson <nos### [at] nospamcom> wrote:
>> On Mon, 03 May 2010 14:40:52 -0400, Warp wrote:
> 
>> >   I consider myself to be the exact opposite of a racist in the sense
>> >   that
>> > I *couldn't care less* about "race" or skin color or anything.
> 
>> When you say "race matters", look out, you're making a distinction
>> based on race, whether you want to admit it or not.
> 
>   On the contrary: I'm *not* making any distinction based on race. To me
> it doesn't matter what race somebody might represent.

Um, you are, if you say "90% of illegal immigrants are of Hispanic 
origin, so we should stop people of Hispanic origin in order to ensure 
they're here legally".  That's the textbook definition of racial 
profiling.

Jim

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