[lbo-talk] European Racism

[wrobert at uci.edu]

I'm not in complete disagreement with Carrol's statement.  There is
probably something uniquely important in posing an opposition to the
"ideology of european (white) supremacy."  This is related to Europe's
role in the production of the current world system.  However, it takes a
certain level of analytical blindness to argue that "There is ethnic
conflict all over, which has nothing to do with racism", which ignores the
influence that colonialism has on shaping the ethnic rivalries throughout
the world.  (I am thinking about the influence of fascism on the Hindu
right in India in particular, but there are many other examples.)  robert
wood


> On Dec 24, 2007, at 10:39 AM, Carrol Cox wrote:
>
>> There is ethnic conflict all over, which has nothing to do with
>> racism,
>> which is the ideology of european (white) supremacy.
>
> That's one definition of racism, one very popular with the one-
> dimensional types around WBAI, but why does it have to be the only
> one? What's wrong with calling that "white supremacy" and following
> the Oxford American Dictionary's definition for the word?
>
> "The belief that all members of each race possess characteristics or
> abilities specific to that race, esp. so as to distinguish it as
> inferior or superior to another race or races."
>
> Surely the phenom is widespread enough that it doesn't hurt to have a
> word for it.
>
> Doug
>
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