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Subject:Re: Classism (was Degree or Not Degree) From:Richard Yanowitz <ryanowit -at- NYCT -dot- NET> Date:Tue, 22 Jul 1997 10:15:16 -0400
At 09:58 AM 7/22/97 -0400, Alexia Prendergast wrote:
>Another parallel is the discussion re: whether or
>not the computer industry is "forbidding" to women
>and minorities -- I'd say that it's directly a class issue
>because the upper classes have greater access to high-
>tech resources. As a result, it indirectly *becomes* a
>gender or race [or other] issue.
>
I've been filtering out e-mail on this discussion until the intriguing
"classism" in this header caught my eye. Now there's a good point.
Let's remember that those who are most secure about what they're doing have
the least need to prove themselves or their qualifications (or lack
thereof) to other people. (Cf. people who need or don't need to be called
by a title they have earned.) The proof is in the performing. For ex.,
regardless of whether one has a degree, one should not make the usage and
spelling mistakes (clearly not always typos) that appear in many
communications on this list. And I ain't talkin' about whether to put one
or two spaces after a period at the end of a sentence...
Let's loosen up, folks. Get the things right that need to be right and
leave the rest alone. (Someone help me remember the quip about there being
2 kinds of problem in life, the small stuff & the big stuff, and don't
sweat the big stuff.)
Back to filtering.
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