Functional Explanation Again

[Justin Schwartz]

I _specifically_ excepted black hatred of whites, which I regard as not 
unreasonable, although unfortunate. I think it's racism, though, when 
Asians--today a privileged group, though not historically, and of course not 
all Asians--hate blacks. Or when Jews do. Bear in mind, when my Jewish 
ancestors came to this country, Jews weren't white. In Japan, anti-black 
racism is fairly ferious; also anti-Chinese and anti-Korean racism. (Right. 
Yoshie?)

I agree, of course, that in America, anti-black racism by whites is the 
benchmark of other racisms. But you seem to think that is an objection to 
having a  term to pick it out, to distinguish it from other racisms. I find 
that puzzling.

--jks
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>1. every group antipathy is not "racism."
>
>2. "racism" is best preserved for use to describe the ideology of the 
>oppressor
>group with political and other power, not used for describing the 
>relatively
>powerless, oppressed group's 'feelings' toward the oppressor
>
>3. anti-Black racism is a benchmark for all other racisms
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Justin Schwartz [mailto:jkschw at hotmail.com]
>
>
>Alas, whites hate other races than blacks. And not all whites are racist.
>And other races (not all of their members, of course) hate blacks, e.g.,
>Asians. So "Anti-black racism by whites" -- Jordan's topic--is not
>redundant. He is not addressing why whites hate Asians or why Asias hate
>blacks. And yes, I know that racism involves more than hatred. It is a
>shorthand. jks
>
> >
> >the "case"? "anti-black racism" is redundant. so is "racism by whites."
> >
> >you wrote:
> >
> > >the case of anti-black
> > >racism by whites.
>
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