On Jul 9, 2013, at 6:06 PM, Marv Gandall <marvgand2 at gmail.com> wrote:
> Sorry if you think I was being unfair. I understood the context, and replied that "overt expressions of racism are no longer acceptable, particularly among urban liberal professionals. But though the culture is now more tolerant and opportunities have opened up for educated blacks, the economic disparities between blacks and whites, characteristic of the class system since slavery, not only persist, but seem to have markedly widened since the purported end of white supremacy." The discrediting of boorish country club racism and efforts at diversity are positive developments, but have also served to obscure the continuing deeper structural manifestations of racism in the economy and in politics. I was reacting to that, and particularly to the scornful and mocking barbs directed at Charles for suggesting as much.
It's not about attitudes like tolerance or boorishness. It's about actual material access and status.