[SpamCop-List] Re: The chinese own spam

[Miss Betsy]

"Marjolein Katsma" <nobody at spamcop.net> wrote in message
news:Xns94DC6349749A1homesitehelp at 216.154.195.61...
> > And there are many others who are not Chinese who are
considered the
> > same 'race.'
>

IIUC, there are 'races' based on color:  black, white, yellow, and
sometimes brown

black originated in Africa, but there are blacks all over the
world.  white is primarily European who have again migrated all
over the world.  yellow are the asian peoples again found in many
nations. brown are mostly native Indians (in the US, South America,
NZ, etc.), but also can include Middle Eastern and Indian.  Though
IIRC, purists do not recognize brown because they can be included
in one of the other 'races'

China is a nation - like the US.  Prejudice against China or the US
is not against a race, but against a nation.  When people within a
nation are prejudiced against certain portions of the citizenry, it
is called 'ethnic' prejudice.  For instance, at one time there were
signs in US shop windows that said, 'No Irish need apply.'

Since the people who are prejudiced against China and Korea because
of spam, are not also prejudiced against Japan and Thailand (also
predominately 'yellow' races), they are not 'racist', but either
ethnic or nationally prejudiced.

IOW, a racist holds certain judgmental views about all the members
of a particular race whatever country, those members of a race
inhabit.  If a person holds a particular view of only the
inhabitants of a particular nation (and most nations have many
races and ethnic groups), then it is not racist, but an ethnic
prejudice.  I am not looking anything up, but I think that ethnic
applies to national characteristics.

The problem, of course, with prejudice is that it 'prejudges'
individuals based on a criterion that is not universal among those
with the identifying characteristic (such as skin color or passport
or religion).  In this case, not all Chinese ISP's nor technicians
(nor all Chinese people) are greedy or incompetent opportunists.  A
nd those who are, are not doing anything that their counterparts in
the US and Europe and other parts of Asia are not also doing.
however, there is a larger base of users in the US and Europe and
Asia who have objected so that those in other places have their
activities curtailed.

Miss Betsy