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Questionnaire helps you eliminate ethnic stereotypes
As a contribution to the building of a truly peaceful and equal world in which no one ever discriminates against anyone, View from the Right offers the following questionnaire we received over the Internet yesterday. The questionnaire is designed to demonstrate the utter falsity of preconceived negative views that Americans may entertain about minority and non-Western ethnic groups, in this case young Muslim men. In particular, it shatters once and for all the idea that security measures at airports should not focus on all ethnic groups equally. We present the quiz in the spirit of David K. Shipler’s principle of self-examination, as presented in his book A Country of Strangers: Blacks and Whites in America:
This is the ideal: to search your attitudes, identify your stereotypes, and correct for them as you go about your daily duties.We urge the reader to keep Mr. Shipler’s important admonitions in mind as he responds to the following questions, ruthlessly eliminating any stereotypes about young Muslim men that he may find lurking in his own consciousness. If the reader does so with the requisite religious zeal, we have no doubt that he will avoid any incorrect answers. In 1972 at the Munich Olympics, athletes were kidnapped and massacred by: a. Olga Corbett b. Sitting Bull c. Arnold Schwarzenegger d. Muslim males mostly between the ages of 17 and 40 In 1979, the U.S. embassy in Iran was taken over by: a. Lost Norwegians b. Elvis c. A tour bus full of 80-year-old women d. Muslim males (mostly) between the ages of 17 and 40 During the 1980’s a number of Americans were kidnapped in Lebanon by: a. John Dillinger b. The King of Sweden c. The Boy Scouts d. Muslim males (mostly) between the ages of 17 and 40 In 1983, the U.S. Marine barracks in Beirut was blown up by: a. A pizza delivery boy b. Pee Wee Herman c. Geraldo Rivera making up for a slow news day d. Muslim males (mostly) between the ages of 17 and 40. In 1985 the cruise ship Achille Lauro was hijacked and a 70 year old American passenger was murdered in his wheelchair and thrown overboard by: a. The Smurfs b. Davy Jones c. The Little Mermaid d. Muslim males (mostly) between the ages of 17 and 40. In 1985 TWA flight 847 was hijacked at Athens, and a U.S. Navy diver was murdered (and his body tossed to the tarmac) by: a. Captain Kid b. Charles Lindberg c. Mother Teresa d. Muslim males (mostly) between the ages of 17 and 40 In 1988, Pan Am Flight 103 was blown up in flight via a bomb planted by: a. Scooby Doo b. The Tooth Fairy c. Butch Cassidy and The Sundance Kid who had a few sticks of dynamite left over from the train job d. Muslim males (mostly) between the ages of 17 and 40 In 1993 the World Trade Center was bombed by: a. Richard Simmons b. Grandma Moses c. Michael Jordan d. Muslim males (mostly) between the ages of 17 and 40 In 1996, nineteen American servicemen died when Khobar Towers was bombed by: a. Secret Service agents b. American kids c. American grandmothers d. Muslim males (mostly) between the ages of 17 and 40 In 1998, the U.S. embassies in Kenya and Tanzania were bombed by: a. Mr. Rogers b. Hillary, to distract attention from Wild Bill’s women problems c. The World Wrestling Federation to promote its next villain: “Mustapha the Merciless” d. Muslim males (mostly) between the ages of 17 and 40 On October 12, 2000, seventeen sailors died when the USS Cole was bombed by: a. NASCAR officials b. Barbie doll impersonators c. Alf d. Muslim males (mostly) between the ages of 17 and 40 On September 11,2001 four U.S. airliners were hijacked and thousands of people were murdered by: a. Bugs Bunny, Wiley E. Coyote, Daffy Duck and Elmer Fudd b. The Supreme Court of Florida c. Mr. Bean d. Muslim males (mostly) between the ages of 17 and 40 In 2002 the United States fought a war in Afghanistan against: a. Enron b. The NFL c. The Catholic Church d. Muslim males (mostly) between the ages of 17 and 40 In 2002 reporter Daniel Pearl was kidnapped and murdered by: a. Bonny and Clyde b. Captain Kangaroo c. Billy Graham d. Muslim males (mostly) between the ages of 17 and 40 As this test has shown, there are absolutely no patterns anywhere to justify racial profiling. _________ As we suggested at the beginning, a perfect score—meaning that the respondent did not answer (d.) on any question—requires an unusual level of zeal and moral commitment in the individual’s effort to eliminate ethnic stereotypes from his consciousness. Respondents who got such a perfect score are eligible to receive the David K. Shipler Award for Mind Purity. Winners should e-mail View from the Right with their snail mail address to receive their plaque. Of course, absolute perfection from everyone cannot be expected at this point. A (d.) answer on from one to three questions is considered acceptable by current standards. However, higher numbers of stereotype-positive responses demonstrate varying degrees of social malfunction that should not be allowed to fester. Accordingly, anyone who answered (d.) on from four to six questions should sign up for an NAACP/Anti-Defamation League Approved Stereotype Eradication course in his local town or city. Anyone who answered (d.) on more than six questions is urged to report immediately to one of America’s twelve regional Tolerance Re-Education Centers.
Compliance is voluntary under existing guidelines.
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