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Originally posted by ChuckElias

This was exactly why I quoted Rut's comment above. Thanks, Rook.

I thought what Rut was saying was that the black culture doesn't discriminate against women as much as the white culture. I know this seems like a stereotype, but it's not. It doesn't talk about individuals or the specific feelings one gives or receives from other individuals. It talks about the culture. In the white culture, there is still quite a lot of residual discrimination against women. There may be plenty of individuals that don't have those feelings, but the overall atmosphere and pattern is for women to be held back, or oppressed. That isn't nearly as true in the black culture. Traditionally, the black woman has received much mre respect, and holds much more authority than the white woman does. Does that mean that each black person respects all women more than each white person respects all women? Of course not. But the overall atmosphere in the society of black people is that in general, women have more standing and receive more respect. That's a broad generalization, and a simplification, but it's not a stereotype or a racist remark -- it is a sociological observation.