>The newspapers are calling Roger Toussaint a "thug" and railing
>histrionically against the strike because they can't stand the sight
>of black and brown men who make decent pay and want to protect their
>pensions, too. Furthermore, the infantilization of black men -- and
>the notion that white men are the father figures who know what's
>best for blacks -- is a common pattern of racist thinking in this
>country.
There are some women on strike too.
Doug