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BY SKEET ER SANDERS

REE!” Okay, okay, I con-

fess. I’m a “Springerhead.”
l’m one of the estimated 20 mil-
lion people who gets aibig kick
out of watching “The Jerry
Springer Show.”

On those days when I can’t
watch it as it’s broadcast, 1 pro-
gram my VCR to tape it. I have at
least two of Springer’s “Too Hot
for TV" uncensored videos and
have just completed reading his
book, “Ringmaster!”

But that’s not all: I also enjoy
watching professional wrestling
— particularly World Champion-
ship Wrestling’s “Monday Nitro”
and “Thursday Night Thunder.”
The World Wrestling Federation?
They suck.

And I’m ecstatic that roller
derby is back on TV afier a 15-
year absence, thanks to The

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Nashville Network (It’s the only
show on the country-music chan-
nel that l’ll watch, since I don’t
like country music).

Hell, I’m even finding myself
watching NASCAR auto racing (1
might even go to Thunder Road in
Barre next summer). And I’ve
been a hockey fan for more than
25 years, rooting for the New York
Islanders (1972-81), San Jose
Sharks (1986-94), Montreal
Canadiens and the University of
Vennont Catarnounts (l994-pre-
sent)

Jen'y Springer. Pro wrestling.
Roller derby. NASCAR. Hockey.
Hardly the pastimes you would
expect of a typical queer, right?
You could even say that these pas-
times would mark me as a red-
neck, as defined by comedian Jeff

Foxworthy.
, Only I’m red all over, as I’m
part-Cherokee, part-Creole

(Afiican and French) and part-
Irish.

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It is the eve of Martin Luther
King Day as I write this column.
By the time you read this, we will
be well into Afiican‘ American
History Month.

Of all of the many quotations
by Dr. King, the one that has stood
out the most for me and has guid-
ed my life ever since he uttered it
as part of his immortal “I Have a
Dream” speech in 1963 was his
dream that one day we will all
judged not by the color of our skin
but by the content of our character.

It was a plea to stop stereotyp-
ing people.

Stereotypes are the root of all
forms. of prejudice, not just
racism. I am a multiracial man of
color, but don’t live my life in
accordance with racial stereo-
types.

I am openly bisexual, but don’t
live my life in accordance with
sexual stereotypes, either. I’m nei-
ther a fence-sitter, not do I have a
ravenous libido (far from it).

Never lurlge a Book By Its cover

I ’m ecstatic that roller derby is back
on TV after a 15-year absence

1 am a Pagan, yet for years,
I’ve had to battle the stereotype of
being a “devil-worshipper.”
Excuse me, but Pagans don’t
believe in the devil any more than
athiests believe in God (or
Goddess). Why would anyone
worship something ‘they don’
believe exists? ‘

One more confession: I’ve
been guilty of judging people on
the basis of stereotypes many
times in the course of my life; I’d
be a liar and a hypocrite if I said
I’ve never done so. But I’m
putting a stop to that habit —— now.

As we approach the new
milennium, now is the time for all
of us to once and for all stop judg-
ing people on the basis of stereo-

types. When we stereotype oth-
ers, we unwittingly stereotype
ourselves.

This year, Dr. King would have
been 70 years old. In his memory,
we should all judge and be judged
not by what’s on the outside, but
by what’s on the inside — our
character.

Skeeter Sanders is, an FM
radio DJ who can be heard
Saturday-nights at midnight on
“The Point" (WNCS 104.7
Montpelier; WSHX 95.7 St.
Johnsbury; WRJT 103.1 White
River Junction) and Sunday nights
on WGDR 91.1 Plainfield.

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