On Nov 19, 2009, at 12:23 PM, Eric Beck wrote:
> On Thu, Nov 19, 2009 at 10:10 AM, Doug Henwood <dhenwood at panix.com>
> wrote:
>
>> What political purpose is served by
>> foregrounding the racial angle? Why not pitch it in some more
>> universal way
>> that might win broader support?
>
> First, not to be rude, but this sounds kind of whiny. One could just
> as easily ask why you don't accept their outlook and why you expect
> them to say the things you want them to say.
Why should I do this if I think they're off base? Just to be inclusive?
> Second, did you miss this
> paragraph?
>
> "As formerly insulated middle-class communities face economic upheaval
> and “fear of falling,” they experience what most underrepresented
> working class communities of color have confronted for quite some
> time: systematic underinvestment, hyperexploitation and structural
> barriers to equality written off as individual failure or cultural
> pathology."
I said "foregrounding the racial angle," which is exactly what this post does.
Why can't people sign their names to things anymore, either?
Doug