An anonymous list in Thank God CBS didn't shut him up!:) beginning "Right on" carries a paragraph on minorities and assertsAnonymous wrote: I don't think being a minority makes you a victim of anything except numbers.It's cleverly worded in that "numbers" carries a double meaning. Either it's numbers as in statistics or it's numbers as in preponderance. Obviously a minority is the lower count where any preponderance exists and the statement, viewed that way, is self-fulfilling. The implication of "a victim of anything except statistics" is that statistics can legitimately, to the popular mind, be made to say anything at all (which I'd dispute, of course).
As far as preponderance goes, democratic government (representative or otherwise) is selected by the majority of a voting electorate. It's prevented from victimizing a minority by the establishment of rights. Once a right is legally established the democratic will of the majority is constrained and the minority is protected from being a victim of numbers. In areas where no right has been established the majority view is paramount and the will of the minority is overridden.
As far as the statistics sense is concerned, that's just a matter of accurate data and scientifically legitimate deduction. It might not be easy but it's testable.
Discussing the Right On list: Minorities.
Discussing the Right On list: Minorities.
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Discussing the Right On list: Minorities.
So ............... you agree?
Discussing the Right On list: Minorities.
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Originally Posted by Anonymous
I don't think being a minority makes you a victim of anything except numbers.
Accountable;751777 wrote: So ............... you agree?
To the implication that minorities are only a victim of numbers - emphatically no.
Just because I'm paranoid doesn't meant their not out to get me.
Minorities are undoubtedly a victim of numbers but they are often also a victim of serious discrimination. The above quote seeks to deny that possibility.
Originally Posted by Anonymous
I don't think being a minority makes you a victim of anything except numbers.
Accountable;751777 wrote: So ............... you agree?
To the implication that minorities are only a victim of numbers - emphatically no.
Just because I'm paranoid doesn't meant their not out to get me.
Minorities are undoubtedly a victim of numbers but they are often also a victim of serious discrimination. The above quote seeks to deny that possibility.