[lbo-talk] Are Conservatives Racist?

[Miles Jackson]

On 08/19/2011 12:17 PM, SA wrote:
> I don't know which programs he thinks he's referring to here, since he 
> doesn't name them. But Tom Coburn is against every social welfare 
> policy. I believe he has literally the most conservative voting record 
> in the Senate.  He wants to cut food stamps and he also wants to cut 
> Medicare. He is against these programs whether they disproportionately 
> benefit non-whites or not.
>
> SA

And if the elimination of these programs will cause disproportionate 
harm to nonwhite racial groups, he's advocating institutional racism.  
His personal view of the racial groups affected is irrelevant.  The 
crucial point here is that racism is a social formation, not an idea in 
any one individual's head.

Miles