>>> LeoCasey at aol.com 07/13/01 05:01PM >>>
I took considerable exception to those who argued that _any and all_ opposition to China's entry into the WTO constituted a return to the anti-Asian labor movement racism of the turn of the century. I believe that such a contention is a cheap rhetorical sleight of hand that was used to avoid substantive argumentation on the issue.
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CB: One of the indications that gives rise to a suspicion of racism nowadays is someone claiming that allegations of racism are cheap rhetorical sleights of hand, "playing the race card" and the like
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But when one makes the objection I did, it is necessary to draw a clear line of demarcation [oh my god, I sound positively Proyectish with that phrase] between those who did appeal to racism, such as Hoffa/Buchanan, and those who had a principled opposition to Chinese entry into the WTO, an opposition that had as one of its primary concerns the effect such a development will have on Chinese workers.
Leo Casey