[lit-ideas] Re: Muslim Prejudice
- From: Judith Evans <judithevans001@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 27 Jan 2011 22:25:58 +0000 (GMT)
> Judith's prejudice was that she
> thought I was implying that she "was using 'prejudice' in
> [an exclusively] derogatory sense."
I thought you were seeking to use it in a non-derogatory sense, I use it in a
derogatory sense, yes. If you want to continue to try to argue that
prejudice is not
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
a prejudgment, an assumption made about someone or something before having
adequate knowledge to be able to do so with guaranteed accuracy
<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
carry on....
>
> A true story about Muslim prejudice:
I read your story about 20 doctors in a hospital, the Christian doctors working
on Christmas Day if they had to, the Jewish doctors working on, well I see you
aren't sure, but you say, "their holidays", if they had to, and the Muslims
"categorically demand(ing) Ramadan off". I call BS: Ramadan is a month long.
You may mean Eid ul-Fitr, a three-day holiday marking the end of Ramadan. Some
British businesses and schools in heavily Muslim neighbourhoods give a day off
for that. I have never heard of Muslim doctors here asking for it off (they
could probably arrange time off, though, of course, as part of leave) and I
think our tabloids would have let us all know if they have.
So, we have a story of yours that's decidedly shaky, but if it were true, would
be a story about an unreasonable demand that was refused.
--- On Thu, 27/1/11, Eric Yost <mr.eric.yost@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> From: Eric Yost <mr.eric.yost@xxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: [lit-ideas] Re: Muslim Prejudice
> To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Date: Thursday, 27 January, 2011, 22:00
> Judith's prejudice was that she
> thought I was implying that she "was using 'prejudice' in
> [an exclusively] derogatory sense."
>
> Attention, Borges' ghost.
>
> Prejudice is, among other things,
>
> * an intellectual prison one can escape through a library,
> * a useful cognitive shortcut,
> * an inherited belief system.
> * a source of social injustice,
> * a set of views that derive from the observed behaviors of
> others, and
> * a filter that interprets the observed behaviors of
> others.
>
>
> A true story about Muslim prejudice: twenty doctors in a
> hospital. The Christian doctors must sometimes work on
> Christmas or Easter and do so without question. The Jewish
> doctors also work without question on their holidays if they
> must.
>
> On the other hand, the Muslim doctors categorically demand
> Ramadan off, and their intense demand leads into
> confrontation with the other doctors, who also have lives
> and religions. The ferocity of the Muslim demand implies to
> the non-Muslims that they don't matter.
>
> Administration must intervene and force the Muslim doctors
> to choose between practicing in the US or taking Ramadan
> off. The Muslim doctors, because they prefer to live in the
> US rather than in Pakistan and Syria, work on Ramadan.
>
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