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> Subject: Re: African Babies' Birth Weight (fwd)
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> Africa the "Dark Continent" wasn't invented for naught.  You fear what
you
> can't see or percieve.  This comes naturally to all of us.  You see the
same
> uneasiness when you make eye contact.
>
> The notion is... and that is just a notion, the average for white is
"XXX",
> therefore the "NORMAL" is "XXX".  You hear these kinds of statements
daily.
>  Now, let me swing my telescope eastward.  I see a whole lot of
orientals.
>
> "Statiscally," they are smaller in stature than the "normal" black
person,
> unless of course you look at sumo wrestlers.  But sumo wrestlers would be
> grouped and analyzed as outliers anyways.  I also see that these easterly
> people are lighter skinned than the average black person. Hmmm!!  And
skinny
> too!
>
> I can't imagine a smaller than average woman bringing forth a bigger baby
> than the average baby for the "normal" people.  But then again, I tend to
be
> myopic in my imagination.   If the average for the smaller people were
equal
> to the "normal" average then that baby would, on the average be way to
big
> for the smaller people.
>
> But, you don't hear of delivery complications or Asian women having more
> C-Sections than the "normal" woman.  Well. . .perhaps they are just
bigger
> than the "normal" woman.  A study entitled "A Compative Evaluation of
Male
> Satisfaction Levels Between Normal and Small" will shed some light on how
> the men feel.  The women from the east tend to have smaller hips.  This
in
> my humble opinion contradicts the assumptions in the report.
>
> Why were other races not included in this study!
>
> The point is, whites have always had an inferiority complex when it comes
to
> black and white issues.  They will BLOW issues out of proportions to feel
> they have an upper hand.  These kinds of studies are conducted to
document
> the fallacy that "black" is inferior to "white".  They do not serve
society,
> any good, except perpetuate the fallacies in future generations.  We
could
> be doing exactly the same thing in Africa.
>
>
> Nisie
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> From: owneraam0001
> To: DOTR2K; DOTPAA; DOTKXA; DOTBXE; DOTABA
> Subject: Re: African Babies' Birth Weight (fwd)
> Date: Tuesday, October 28, 1997 2:08PM
>
>  Where and what is the proof that birth weight is releted to race or
> genetic difference. They should keep on searching, not yet found the real
> answer.  Research results depend on the analysis; the researcher can play
> around with the information to reflect what he or she  wants.  There are
so
> many  kids born in Africa who weighed from 3.5kg and above( 7.7lb).  This
> depends on the living conditions; the interactions between, and
> relationships among  people in the community ( in a hut, house,village,
> city, town, country, and the world) and of course type of food the
pregnant
> woman eats. This is a health, social  and psychological problem.  Their
> results  are  ungrounded conclusions which reflect the fear of and
> negativity about black people.