On Jul 9, 2013, at 10:04 AM, mjs at smithbowen.net wrote:
> I'm always puzzled when folks who apparently consider themselves Marxists
> talk as if the ruling class couldn't rule without racism -- or, more foolish
> still, 'white supremacy', a concept as extinct as the divine right of
> kings.
Rethinking all the received wisdom about racism might be troublesome. You'd have to read some new stuff, maybe outside the canon, and think. Much better to recite the catechism. It's simpler, and comforting.