I think Yoshie has a very good point...it's valid about the left in general, I think. Why doesn't the left in general not appeal to more people of color, or to black people in particular? This is a huge problem in my opinion. Go to any demo that isn't about Mumia and see how many black people are present. Not many in my experience. The fault lies with t he left and not with those who don't show up.
How many blacks are on this list? I would guess not many...the same is true for the znet forums as far as I can tell. I have no clue as to the reasons for this but it is a problem.-Tony
----- Original Message ----- From: Yoshie Furuhashi <furuhashi.1 at osu.edu> To: <lbo-talk at lists.panix.com> Sent: Sunday, December 29, 2002 5:05 PM Subject: Re: Color of Anarchism Re: Protest ISO...
> At 7:23 PM -0500 12/29/02, David Schanoes wrote:
> >Criticizing anarchism for being "white" is about as weak as criticizing
Marx
> >for not understanding the role of Africa and slavery in developing the
world
> >market.
>
> Marx lived in the 19th century, whereas today's North American
> anarchists live in the 21st century. Shouldn't people of color
> expect some progress after more than 150 years?
>
> Rather than progress, there has been regress in the anarchist
> movement, which is whiter today than during the days of the IWW.
> Worth analyzing what caused the regress, in my opinion.
> --
> Yoshie
>
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