From: crlee@ns.sympatico.ca 
  
 Tim Lee wrote: 
 > 
 > Hello 
 > 
 > I wanted to start the discussion about RACISM and Sexual Harasement in 
 > Canadian forces and what are the chanels out there to effectively deal 
 > with it. 
 > 
 > I myself am in regular forces and ofcourse am a visible minorities, 
 > and have a number of bad experences in regard to RACISM and I am 
 > feeling getting isolated, I would appreicate any one with any 
 > information about how to encounter the racism in Canadian Forces. 
 > 
 > If you have stories of your own and would like to share at this forum 
 > and how you dealt with the issue then please post a reply or send me a 
 > direct email at timlee02@hotmail.com 
  
 I have a couple of problems with your post Tim.  One has already been 
 addressed by others, that is the fact that if you are really a serving 
 member you can not help but know how harasement, sexual or otherwise, is 
 dealt with in the CF.  I will say no more about that. 
  
 The second problem I have is with your use of the word 'racism'.  You 
 seem to be implying that there is racism in the CF, you even shouted the 
 word giving it emphasis.  You gave no example of racism being present or 
 practised in the CF and I am wondering if you, like so many people 
 today, are using that word in place of bigotry because you don't 
 understand what racism really is. 
  
 The simple dictionary meaning of racism is the advocacy of the 
 superiority of a particular group, people or country based on race 
 alone.  Somehow I doubt that that advocacy would live within the CF for 
 very long. 
  
 Maybe what you are experiencing is simple bigotry, the obstinate and 
 intolerent attachment to a cause, creed or opinion, which often leads to 
 harasment. 
  
 Carter 
  
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