[lbo-talk] Lincoln Gordon, he dead

[Chris Doss]

It kind of goes without saying that Conrad was probably a racist. It would be notable if he weren't. Marx was a racist by modern standards. "Did Virgil believe in the justice of slavery? Was Dante a believer in eternal damnation of non-Christians?" No shit.

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From: Dennis Claxton <ddclaxton at earthlink.net>
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Sent: Thu, January 14, 2010 9:08:31 PM
Subject: Re: [lbo-talk] Lincoln Gordon, he dead

At 09:58 AM 1/14/2010, Joseph Catron wrote:


>That seems like kind of a silly debate.

It's not a debate.  It's a discussion.


>How many European aristocrats of the Victorian era would we not 
>consider somehow racist today?

And?

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