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“Building an Anti-Racist M o v e m e n tD o you feel this should be the focus of
the conference? Why or why not?
bsolutely. Racism creates barriers to good
communication, effective political action
and fun for all people of whatever race— espe
cially “white" people. As a Scotch-lrish lesbian
I am delighted that the conference is focusing
on this issue and am looking forward to the dis
cussions and information it will engender. It sets
a good example for other social change move
ments and for the whole govemment/social/eco-
nomic reality of the U nited States. W hat if
George W. were as dedicated to ending racism as
he is to smashing up poor women and children
and men in the Middle East? I’d like to dedicate
myself to ending racism as we know it.
ne only has to look at the lack of racial mix
where we socialize and in our social organi
zations to know that racism, whether conscious
or unconscious, is alive and well in our commu
nity. It is only through honest address of the
issues that we can hope to move forward to the
day where color of skin has no more impact in
our community than we wish our sexuality has in
the general population.
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tumbles 42 notches down the lesbian
livability list: What happened?
Are dykes fleeing the urban core
for rustic relief, or is Girlfriends
magazine simply out of touch?
(Please see related item on Page 11.)
Respond at www.justout.com.
(Don}t forget to include your name,
city and daytime telephone number.)
E llen G reenlaw
Sandy
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don’t have a huge problem with the theme
“Building an Anti-Racist Movement." But to me
that is just a figure of speech; there are larger eggs to
be hatched. The theme seems to be exclusive.
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Portland
Food for thought
To t h e
E d it o r :
am curious if you actually did any research
before endorsing a no vote on M easure 27,
the labeling of genetically engineered food. If
you had, you might have discovered the vast
majority of money fighting this measure comes
from M onsanto and other corporations with a
financial interest in keeping the status quo.
These folks are spreading untruths that
should be cleared up. Consider the following:
1. T he measure only will apply to labeled
foods in stores, not in restaurants, hospitals,
schixils, etc. All the projected cost estimates
include those items. T he revised estimates after
subtracting those items is only 71 cents per per
son per year. T he corporate commercials conve
niently “forgot” to m ention this.
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2. There is no evidence that food costs will
increase significantly. T he “study” that cites the
annual cost at $550 per family per year was
bought and paid for by the opposition. A n inde
pendent study at Oregon State University esti
mated costs of only $4 to $10 per person per
year. Many other countries have mandated
labeling without a raise in food costs.
3. There is not and never has been any inde
pendent study on genetically engineered food
safety. Any studies done have been by thé corpo
rations creating the genetically engineered foods,
and they aren’t even required to report all their
results to the Food and Drug Administration.
4. There has been worldwide scientific con
cern regarding genetically engineered food safe
ty for many years by well-respected scientists,
including some at the FDA.
Environmental issues affect all of us. W ith
folks in our community dealing with immunity
issues, breast and other cancers, and other
health concerns, it behooves us to have the best
information for informed choice.
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