renouncing whiteness

[Wojtek Sokolowski]

At 10:00 AM 11/28/00 +0200, chris n. wrote:
really going on. reality is dynamic. it is important that the words we use
when trying to communicate get as close to that reality as possible. terms
such as 'white,''racialism,' 'racialized,''whiteism,' 'whitness,'
'anti-black,''blackness,''anti-racialist,'non-white,' etc., are not
perfect. but i would argue that they are far, far, far more precise than
highly vague, overly suggestive terms such as 'racist' and 'people of color.' 

So if we just use the right combination of words, poverty and inequality
would just disappear, and if on the top of it we manage to make the whitey
feel guilty, we would reach a nirvana on earth.  In 1980s we had voodoo
economics and a "just say no to drugs" philosophy promoted by the Great
Communicator.  Now we have voodoo revolution and "just say no to white"
philosophy promoted by grassroots activists.  Is that the "trickle down"
thing, or what?

wojtek