Nullities

Gordon Fitch gcf at panix.com
Fri Dec 8 09:05:46 PST 2000


Wojtek Sokolowski:
> ...
> As to the "battle against racism" - it was fought and won in the 50s and
> 60s. What we have today is a grievance manufacturing industry that
> commodifies the battle cries from that period to market the intellectual
> commodity it manufactures. True, not much different from other industries,
> but why should I revere it?

There's still a good deal of "objective racism", that is, racist practice without overt profession of racist theory. Most of it occurs at lower economic levels, which is nothing new, as in, for example, police practice and public education. Racial distinctions are also essential in real estate.



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