renouncing whiteness

Brad DeLong delong at econ.Berkeley.EDU
Tue Nov 28 17:00:47 PST 2000



> >>> 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.

No. Voudun is not an effective form of medicine. Supply-sidism is not an effective form of economic policy.

To pretend that voudun *is* an effective form of medicine is anti-human.

Brad DeLong



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