In article , java@evij.com (Java Jive)
wrote:

> Yes, that's a very worthwhile point, that it is just as racist to take
> offence on behalf of others at something that they themselves wouldn't
> necessarily, and ought not, be offended by.
> 
> On Wed, 1 Jul 2009 12:31 +0100 (ope), nospam@see.sig.to.reply (Rafe
> Culpin) wrote:
> > 
> > The prejudice here is by the people who think that those minorities 
> > can't stand up
> > for themselves if they need to, and have to be helped because the 
> > poor little
> > things can't do it for themselves (and whether they want to be 
> > 'helped' or not).

That's the minor problem. The major one is the automatic assumption that (being
black) they are obviously not capable of doing it themselves while the 'helper'
(being white) is.

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