coercion

[Steve]

---  "susanmcgee48176" <Schlobin at ...> wrote:
>
> > 
> > Carol, fearing that dominance is a fact of life, just like
> > laws, government, taxes, and bosses
> >
> 
> 
> Well, some of us (like J.K. Rowling who indicates her views
> very clearly specifically in Order of the Phoenix) feel that
> dominance and tyranny and enforced beliefs are something to 
> be resisted and fought against....
> 
> Do you really think, for example, that the dominance on 
> white people against people of color is okay?
> 
> Susan
>

bboyminn:

I think you are confusing 'dominant' with 'dominate'. That
which is 'dominant' does not necessarily 'dominate'. 

Like it or not, the majority of a common people have a
dominant influence on the culture and customs of a region.
But that is far far different than assuming that majority
dominance is the same as the majority dictating to the rest.

We have all spoken up and said that we stand for the 
minorities being included and having their tradictions and
customs honored. But we have also said, we will not deny
our own customs and culture to make that happen.

Yes, minorities have rights, they have exactly the same
rights as the majority. 

It seems that it is only you who can't see these 
distinctions. 

Like it or not, Christianity is the dominant culture in
the USA, but that by no means also implies that we are
suppressing or oppressing minority religions or cultures.

And that's the way it is.

Steve/bboyminn