Leftists (white) and Black Liberation

Kelley kwalker2 at gte.net
Tue Nov 6 19:28:14 PST 2001


At 06:50 PM 11/6/01 -0800, Art McGee wrote:


>As a simple example, ask any Black woman two questions:
>
>1. Do you believe in abortion?
>
>2. Do you think we should pass a law to ban abortion?
>
>The answer to 1 will almost always be NO, but the answer to
>2 will also almost always be NO. The difference with Black
>people is while they may be conservative on a personal
>level, often talking in private conversations about how
>filthy, disgusting, and immoral white people are, that
>doesn't mean they want to impose those ideas on the
>society at large, as whites usually do.

this is also true of white women who are socially conservative about their own personal lives, but hesitant to impose their moralities on others. i can dig out the research, if you'd like.

i'm curious, though, art. what about black men and abortion?

kelley



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