Doug wrote:
>Balibar and others have argued that there's a "new racism," which is derived from seemingly progressive traditions in anthropology and other social sciences, that holds that no one race is better than the
other, but we're all just different . . . "
Okay, this part I get and agree with.
" . . . and should stay that way."
Wouldn't it make more sense to say that we should see where the interaction leads and judge the result instead of decreeing either separation or intermingling is better? There is obviously going to be a change in both sides (provided that neither side is foundational, but even then there is hope sometimes) and it is the resultant action/behavior that is important (in the Jamesian sense of pluralism).
Brian Dauth Queer Buddhist Resister