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</span></div><div>"Does it matter that he was asian"? <br>Nope, unless it matters to you. Just an incidental detail. </div><br></div>
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<div style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px;">It matters to me that someone is prickly enough to say I or the list am "racist" for that incidental detail being mentioned. What the hell is that about? <br></div><div class="protonmail_quote">
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On Monday, December 5th, 2022 at 1:15 PM, Will Steinberg via extropy-chat <extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org> wrote:<br><br>
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<div dir="auto"><div><div class="gmail_quote"><div class="gmail_attr" dir="ltr">On Mon, Dec 5, 2022, 1:32 AM sjatkins via extropy-chat <<a href="mailto:extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org" rel="noreferrer nofollow noopener" target="_blank">extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex" class="gmail_quote"><div style="font-family:Arial;font-size:14px">The Asian kid running the cash register was obviously sick and sweating profusely. </div></blockquote></div></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">...does it matter that he was Asian??? Would you mention if he was white? Or maybe mention if he was obese or elderly, since those are actual qualities that increase the risk of contracting covid.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Did I miss the memo when this list became racist?</div><div dir="auto"><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex" class="gmail_quote">
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