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Re: Yaguello's stereotype: response to Roger

From:Stone Gordonssen <stonegordonssen@...>
Date:Wednesday, May 21, 2003, 15:58
>What???? She actually said that? Most speakers of >glossolalia are black women? Where did she get that? >I've know hundreds of speakers of glossolalia, maybe >thousands, and certaily there are many black women >among the speakers I have know, but they are by no >means a majority of the speakers I have know. I've >know speakers of every race and gender combination >imaginable from dozens upon dozens of countries. I
I can't claim to know glossolalia speakers across dozens of countreis, but the 1st one I ever saw/met was a middle-aged white man, and the majority that I knew were white as the church* they attended wouldn't have even considered letting in "coloreds" (non-whites). Was her sampling narrow by circumstance? by design/intent? *This was in the 60s and 70s. The only reason I had any interface, even though involuntary, with this church was that I had a relative who was a member. _________________________________________________________________ MSN 8 with e-mail virus protection service: 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?page=features/virus

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