[lbo-talk] Misusing "Racism", was Re: Bush down to 33%; public loves posturingxenophobiccongress

Carrol Cox cbcox at ilstu.edu
Wed Mar 15 20:07:46 PST 2006


Nathan Newman wrote:
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> Doug-- there's been plenty of opportunities for Menendez to promote racial
> profiling and attacks on Arabs over the last few years. Somehow Menendez has
> skipped many other opportunities to do so, but chose to focus on the UAE's
> purchase of the ports. If he he such a racist, why did he pass on all those
> other opportunities.

Because in the individualized psychological sense he is NOT racist, but like all the other motherfuckers who make up the DP leadership and elected officials he is perfectly willing to utilize the structural racism deep in u.s. life for opportunistic purposes. I can't believe that Nathan can't see what is happening here.

More evidencd that we hamper the struggle against racism by using the word so often to describe individualized feelings. The DP is a racist institution, though most of the people who make it up at all levels are not personally "racist."

Carrol



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