Horowitz/Reparations for slavery

[kelley]

At 09:08 PM 3/9/01 -0500, Yoshie Furuhashi wrote:
>Kelley wrote:
>
>>the whine about morality doesn't fly because you and others who have a 
>>problem with it shame and moralize all the time.
>
>As Gar suggested earlier, if you think that racism is in the interest of 
>"white workers," your effort to diminish or abolish racism must rest upon 
>an ethical appeal that is not rooted in an objective ground for 
>solidarity, instead of political education that seeks, in practice, to 
>bring about a realization that racism is not in the interest of the 
>working class.  The same goes for sexism.

are you naturally obtuse or is it a debate technique?  have i not said time 
and time again that i don't think that racism is in the interest of 
workers?   or even that sexism is the interest of workers.  i complained 
because you are getting on the "morality" kick and it has nothing to do 
with anything i said and is a dead end discussion that only provides you 
the opportunity to show us how limber you are when it comes to performative 
contradictions.


>What theory illuminates your anecdote?  You might spell it out.

why should i bother since you don't listen.  my theory was perfectly clear 
in the anecdote pertaining to the woman and her "well paid" housekeeper.

kelley