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Subject: Re: Maurice Ashley

Author: Paulo Soares

Date: 05:26:15 03/25/99

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On March 25, 1999 at 01:51:14, Lin Harper wrote:

>First black GM? If we are not racist then why are we conscious of his skin
>color? As for Anand, he is not "black". Dark, I'd say...quite a tint but not
>black. A big congratulations to Ashley!

Because we are conscientious of the color of his skin?  A real fact
exists that cannot be contested. Black people had suffered great
historical injustices. You obviously remember the slavery. And
nowadays other forms of slavery still exist, as the economic and
social slavery, giving lesser chances to black people to develop the
intellectual side. Therefore it is of admiring yes, that a black person
obtains to be a GM. Congratulations GM Maurice Ashley, and that the
future of the humanity is better for all!

Best regards,

Paulo Soares,

From Brazil.



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