Farrakhan, was Re: Anti-Zionism Is Racism

[Jim Farmelant]

Of course in this whole discussion, Carrol's point as I understand
it, is the necessity for a materialist understanding of racism, as
opposed to the idealist conceptions of it that have been batted
around here and in other forums.  Hence, Carrol's insistence
that it meaningless to talk of racism or to label people as racists
outside the context of actual social relations of oppression.

Hence, when in an earlier post you had written:

  "Racism is an ideology that elevates the social construction of 

   racial difference to a primary place in human relations. It can be 

   used to rationalize the oppression of certain groups, but can exist 

   in oppressed groups in response to

   the oppressors. Racism, as an ideology, is an idea, not an act.

    Racism + power = racial oppression"

you were I think quite rightly taken to task by Carrol for taking a
seemingly idealist appoach to the problem.  

Jim F.

On Sun, 5 Aug 2001 11:25:53 -0400 "Chip Berlet" <cberlet at igc.org> writes:
> Hi,
> 
> Actually, I agree.
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Carrol Cox" <cbcox at ilstu.edu>
> To: <lbo-talk at lists.panix.com>
> Sent: Saturday, August 04, 2001 12:12 PM
> Subject: Farrakhan, was Re: Anti-Zionism Is Racism
> 
> 
> <<SNIPS>>
> > 
> > I would argue that Farrakhan's racism or anti-semitism has, for 
> the most
> > part, only an ideal existence; it never operates as a 
> rationalization of
> > actual oppression.
> > 
> > Carrol
> 

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