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Jajasoon Tlitteu <[log in to unmask]>
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Sat, 29 Oct 1994 19:22:34 -0500
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><<How about MJ,
>who tries to define himself as white (up to requesting that a white child
>actor play him in a Jackson 5 documentary) and we all just accept that
>definition and never question his motives or think he's a lunatic or a
>child molester, etc.?>>
>
>We all accept that definition?? Have you been living in a cave? Not only has
>that definition NOT been accepted, it has been ridiculed by every media
>outlet from Maine to Patagonia.
>And, about thinking that he's a lunatic or a child molester -- you seem to be
>accepting the "evidence"
> presented to you by the hated "white" media. Isn't it odd that you accept
>some material which supports your prejudices and reject others that promote
>them?
>Gene Stavis, School of Visual Arts - NYC
 
Sorry, I don't believe in those stupid little punctuational smily faces,
but I was using an archaic form of communication that may have died
sometime recently, irony.
 
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