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  %PERSONAL CLASS ACCEPTANCE PARADIGM ROLE PLAY SIN+960327
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     Some  people are preoccupied with classifying  people
and  treating  them according to the class to  which  they
assign  people.   Other people are not regarded as  unique
beings  to be related to in terms of their  unique  being.
Other people are members of classes, and to be related  to
in  terms  of  what classes they are  members  of.    Thus
classification  of people into classes is a very important
process;   it must occur before you can relate to  another
person.   If you do not know what classes a person belongs
to you have no sure basis for relating to the person;  for
the  rules  pertaining to how you should relate  to  other
persons are based upon what classes they belong to.

     It  is important to be clear about what classes  each
person belongs to;   for ambiguity about what classes each
person belong to leads to ambiguity about how they  should
be  treated---an intolerable circumstance.   A  person  is
either  black  or  white, and there must be  some  rule to
determine whether a person is black or white;  for example
any black ancestry means the person is black regardless of
the  color  of their skin.   Such a rule is  essential  to
making  definitive  classifications in terms of  which  to
know how to relate to people.

     For the above reasons it is important to know whether
a  person is male or female,  heterosexual or  homosexual,
Christian or other,  saved or dammed, etc.   Only in terms
of  such sure knowledge  of their classification  can  one
know how to treat another person.

                                                                                                                               
                         (c) 2005 by Paul A. Smith in      
                    (On Being Yourself, Whole and Healthy)  
                                                                                                                               
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