Yvonne Rathbone
Thu, 14 Sep 2006 14:36:25 -0700
What was strong about it? Are you referring to the style of the statement or it's content? Because the content of the statement should be strong, in my opinion. The original claim that racism is merely irrational prejudice is naive. In the face of such, it seems warranted to lay out the basic in a forthright manner. But if the statements that racism is not merely prejudice, but systemized prejudice and that the refusal to differentiate racism from prejudice allows racism to flourish, sound too "strong" for you, then yes, we should probably move on to other topics. -Yvonne > > That's a strong claim, Yvonne, especially the last sentence. Perhaps > we could reframe the question philologically. > > For example: is there a Latin word for racism? If so, when does it > enter the lexicon? In what kinds of writing does it appear? If there > isn't a word for the concept, is there a persistent myth or metaphor? ----------------------------------------------------------------------- To leave the Mantovano mailing list at any time, do NOT hit reply. Instead, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message "unsubscribe mantovano" in the body (omitting the quotation marks). You can also unsubscribe at http://virgil.org/mantovano/mantovano.htm#unsub