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> On Nov 17, 3:13 pm, Thanatos <atro...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> > In article <ocF%i.11119$yV6.8...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> > "Jim" <j...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> > > "Thanatos" <atro...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> > > > z <gzuck...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> > > >> On Nov 16, 11:01 am, web...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
(Ubiquitous) wrote:
> > > >> > SpaceTrader.com is the official Web site of the gift shop at
NASA's
> > > >> > Johnson Space Center in Houston. One of the toys you can buy
there is
> > > >> > the "woman astronaut figure":
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> > > >> ...
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> > > >> > It needs to try harder. If the "black" doll is
> > > >> > "African-American," what is the "white" doll? "American"!
> > > >> > Seriously, that's what the drop-down menu on the Web site
> > > >> > says.
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> > > >> Uh, no it doesn't. Don't go believing the WSJ editorial page.
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> > > > What does it say, then?
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> > > The woman astronaut figure is available in caucasian and halfrican
> > >http://spacetrader.com/woasfi.htmlEither
they changed it or
> > > the OP is FOS.
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> > Actually, his point stands. The choices are Caucasian and
> > African-American, the implication being that only one of them is an
> > American since only one is labeled that way. Why isn't the white doll
a
> > "Caucasian-American"?-
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> And if the "Caucasian" doll was an actual Caucasian, from the Caucusus
> mountains in Eurasia with a peasant outfit, and the "African-American"
> doll depicted an African-American, you'd still argue that it was
> implying that Caucasians were the only true Americans?
I'm not arguing that now. How could I "still" be arguing it under those
conditions?
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