also, it's good to highlight the structural/institutional elements of racism (something that liberals typically ignore, treating it as just a matter of subjectivity).
I've seen some critics of Bush suggest that _he_ isn't personally racist. That says something about the over-use of the term, doesn't it?
On 3/13/06, John Lacny <jlacny at earthlink.net> wrote:
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> Charles Brown writes:
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> > Yes, because the "Republican base" is racist.
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> Precisely my point.
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> > Fight the taboo on the use of the word "racist".
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> I agree, though I don't think there's any such taboo here. I wouldn't have a
> problem saying it in, er, "mixed company" (where Republicans were present)
> and listening to the pigs squeal.
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