>>> cniles at wanadoo.fr 11/28/00 12:23PM >>>
> CB: What does the word "voodoo" come from ? Isn't it an ironically racist usage given that Bush attributed it to Reagan when they were campaigning against each other, and both of them were big time white racists, who had nothing to do with African voodum ?
i would say anti-black usage, charles, to be more precise, but right on otherwise.
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CB: Yes, in basic agreement, but with due respect, I have quite a bit of precision in my usage of "racist".
I am interested to hear a reiteration of your reasoning on the usage of "racist", but , you know....it ain't like I've been asleep all these years while using it :>)
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> You can't hide your racism with the right combination of words. Racism is not words, it is a system of ideas and actions in the real world, it is a social fact. Making fun of it, or thinking you are excepted from it because you are not from the U.S. is a pass you can't give yourself. We , Black people, will be the final arbiters as to whether you are a racist or not. Your humor in this area merely aggravates your racist status, as does your horseshit social theory.
again, right on except i would say that woj has simly proved that he is a white man and that as a member of the white race (through which whiteness can be expressed in myriad ways across the poltical and social spectrum), he insist on his alienation from the human race. i wish him nothing but insight.
chris niles
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