So, why the ethnic qualification?  Is it relevant to the discussion in some
way that is not quite clear to me or is it because you think people will
refrain from the comments if they know that Mr. Hering is not "Caucasian
American"?

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> From: Ross Weeks <[log in to unmask]>
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: RE  Michael Hering's comments
> Date: Thursday, August 20, 1998 12:28 PM
>
> Mr. Hering, a Native American, has apologized profusely for sending on
this
> list a message to his wife about a job prospect.  He was shot at
unfairly,
> unnecessarily, and I worry about the future of our profession if folks
are
> so quick to judge!
> -----Original Message-----
> From: John A. Bing <[log in to unmask]>
> Newsgroups: bit.listserv.museum-l
> To: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]>
> Date: Thursday, August 20, 1998 12:19 PM
> Subject: RE Michael Hering's comments
>
>
> >I too am tired of the discussion and flames on the Michael Hering
> >quote.    In no way defending it, but rather to put it into
> >perspective, I just wonder what the reaction would have been if there
> >had been a posting from a discouraged Jane Doe  remarking how she did
> >not get the nod as Director of the ABC  museum because " I guess they
> >only want a white male (or just a man) for the position."
> >
> >Just a thought
> >
> >John Bing