[510] in Discussion of MIT-community interests
Re: Racism and what-not
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Michael E Rolish)
Thu May 3 16:45:04 2001
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To: Zhelinrentice L Scott <zlscott@mit.edu>
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In-Reply-To: Your message of "Thu, 03 May 2001 15:47:50 EDT."
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Date: Thu, 03 May 2001 16:37:08 -0400
From: Michael E Rolish <merolish@MIT.EDU>
>1) Christian
>2) Woman
>3) African American
>I identify with those three things because that is how the world
>has treated me and how my mother and father raised me.
None of us had any choice in being born a male/female or a given race;
these are superficial characteristics. "How the world treated [you]"
and how you were raised are not essentials - your own thoughts and
choices are. What if I said, "I'm proud to be Brown-Eyed," "I identify
myself as Right-Handed," or "my parents raised me to be Catholic"?
Statements such as these are insults to one's intelligence and free
will.
-Mike Rolish
1) Objectivist
2) Student
3) Aspiring scientist
--
Michael E. Rolish, MIT '04
Course VI-3 - Computer Science
Course VII - Biology
merolish@mit.edu
"Serenity comes from the ability to say 'Yes' to existence.
Courage comes from the ability to say 'No' to the wrong
choices made by others."
-Ayn Rand, "The Metaphysical Versus the Man-Made"
