Ted Rall for November 05, 1998

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Who's cool to abuse? Stay in the safe zone with this basic guide to American bigotry. Victim: Fat-open season (Voice: Look at him! He's a planet!) (Social Status: Despised responsible for their condition, "hormone defense" floated and rejected.) Victim: Asian- open season (Voice: Ching chong! Ching chong! Ha, ha!) (Social Status: Not politically organized, assimilationist unlikely to respond with guns or knives.) Victim: Black- protected (Voice: Sorry, Frank, but they went for an outside hire on this one.) (Social Status: Militant, poor, dangerous, overt slubs banned- rely on subtlety and death penalty.) Victim: Gay- depends on state (Voice: We're gonna kill you faggot!) (Social Status: Amusing and mysterious ubiquitous yet subtle projected in urban areas. Easy prey elsewhere.) Victim: Arab- genocide ok (Social Status: America's fastest growing religion is Islam; however, Muslim's are always acceptable scapegoats.) Victim: French- open season (Voice: Bonjour, you cowardly anti-american snob.) (Social Status: They went broke financing the American Revolution; now it's our turn to make fun of them.)