[lbo-talk] Cobb on CNN

Jon Johanning jjohanning at igc.org
Sun Jul 4 13:03:29 PDT 2004


On Jul 4, 2004, at 12:01 PM, Doug Henwood wrote:


> If you consider people of Lebanese origin white.

With respect to some reference groups, yes; with respect to others, no. That illustrates the murkiness of "identity politics," IMHO.

Perhaps the best person to ask about this is the man himself. I must confess I don't know how Nader identifies himself racially.

Jon Johanning // jjohanning at igc.org __________________________________ A gentleman haranguing on the perfection of our law, and that it was equally open to the poor and the rich, was answered by another, 'So is the London Tavern.' -- "Tom Paine's Jests..." (1794); also attr. to John Horne Tooke (1736-1812) by Hazlitt



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