[lbo-talk] Horowitz trashes Berlet for criticism on racism

[Wojtek Sokolowski]

Brian:
> battlefields, his self-defense isn't baseless. For example, his
argument
> that no movement against slavery _per se_ existed until the Quakers,
and
> his defense of this point, seems reasonable to me. 

What is more, slavery in the Old World was practiced mainly by Arab
traders who immensely benefited from it, and only European colonization
of Africa put an end to it.  In fact, one of goals of the famous
Livingstone expedition was to counter-balance the Arab exploitation of
East Africa.

That of course, does not mean that European colonialism can be defended
by today's moral standards, but that viewing historical events through
moral (or ideological) standards can be quite deceptive.

Wissenschaft Ohne Moral :)

Wojtek