Muppets (was Re: BK on Identity)

Doug Henwood dhenwood at panix.com
Wed Mar 7 10:53:47 PST 2001


Yoshie Furuhashi wrote:


>Discussion on race & class tends to deteriorate when anecdotal
>muppets (my black neighbor, my black friend, etc.) appear. Let's
>stick to exploitation & other structural oppressions instead as you
>argued yourself.

But "exploitation and other structural oppressions" shape consciousness and behavior. There seem to be racism and sexism in your world, but no actual racists and sexists.

Doug



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