[lbo-talk] words for the black community

[Carl Remick]

>From: joanna bujes <jbujes at covad.net>
>
>The bearded one said that the U.S. had to solve the race question before it 
>could do anything. This is interesting inasmuch as Marxists insist that 
>class trumps everything. And yet...how can there be any meaningful change 
>of conciousness in this country without people understanding the reality 
>and urgency of the public or common good? And how can they do so if they 
>are unwilling the see that "public" or "common" includes quite literally 
>everyone -- no matter their color, their gender, their sexual preference, 
>their religion?

I dunno, this strikes me as a two-front war.  Racism and class conflict have 
to be attacked simultaneously.  There are times when race trumps class, and 
times when the reverse is true, but the two are bound up in each other in 
many ways and require equal attention.

Re Bill Cosby:  If he's speaking out for more education and civiility, bully 
for him.  But basically for many years Cosby has struck me as just another 
smug, pompous rich guy.  As role models go, IMHO, he's a hell of a Jello 
spokesman.

Carl

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