[lbo-talk] nice shaft

Doug Henwood dhenwood at panix.com
Wed Jun 1 09:18:25 PDT 2005


snitsnat wrote:


>hmmmm. the very fact that we can talk about interracial marriage is
>proof of the racists' defeat.... rolling that one around...

Buchanan is onto something, even if he is overstating his case.

The legalization of interracial marriage was certainly a major defeat for formalized racial segregation. Obviously racism has not gone away, but the fact that it's impossible to advocate against interracial marriage in public today is a sign that - as Buchanan said of same-sex marriage - it's not the 1950s anymore.

It's worth savoring even a partial victory now & then.

Doug



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