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8/02/2003 02:59:00 PM | Timothy Erase racism contest! Chien Wen said in comments: "Hasn't the government, as John McWhorter argues, been paying reparations for a very long time now in the form of welfare payments, affirmative action, and other programmes targeted specifically at black people?" Even John Stevenson agreed with me when I said this seems racist and/or ignorant. It implies welfare goes only, or mostly to black people. The majority of people on welfare are white. How is that a program "targeted specifically at black people"? Chien Wen blithely responded: "Careless grammar. I didn't mean that welfare was targeted specifically at black people, just that there exist these programmes." Grammar?! If welfare isn't specifically targeted at black people, how is relevent to reparations and why did Chien Wen mention it? (The 'idea' is that black people are receiving such undeserved benefits, I guess) So here's the contest: explain what Chien Wen meant to say, preferably by fixing that grammar! Erase the racism and ignorance from his statement while still mentioning welfare and reparations. This may be difficult for some, but should be a snap for dartloggers. My entry isn't exactly a rephrasing of Chien Wen's comment, but here's my suggested excuse: Well, it's 'technically accurate' because John McWhorter does argue it. [Ed. Does he? I don't know, but didn't George Tenet tell us that Chien Wen made a racist statement?] perma link |
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