[lbo-talk] Comment on F-9/11 and racism

Luke Weiger lweiger at umich.edu
Tue Jun 29 16:03:53 PDT 2004


----- Original Message ----- From: "John Thornton" <jthorn65 at mchsi.com>


> No I'm not making that error. The answer to #2 is yes, whites benefit from
> discriminating against people of color. Is society better off? No, but
> whites are.

Perhaps. But none of the examples you provided supported your conclusion. For example, it's hard to see how racial profiling benefits whites--unless you think racial profiling prevents crime, and disportionately prevents crimes against whites.

-- Luke



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