On 2008-Nov-07, at 14:25, Chris Gehlker wrote: > People will always dehumanize their enemies and those they oppress > because it makes it psychologically easier to kill/exploit them. End > the exploitation and the rationalization is no longer needed though > it may linger for awhile.
> When I was out canvasing I ran into a few racists but many more of > what we call "racialists" or "white tribalists". These are people who > are reluctant to vote for a black man simply because the see the races > as being in competition for economic and social status. I think this > is what you mean by "racism 2.0" These people don't need to buy into > any myths that dehumanize black people because the worst thing they > have ever done to blacks is to oppose affirmative action and welfare > politically. It is said that thousands of years ago when we were separate tribes, anyone from a different tribe was fair game. You protected your own, whilst it was OK to kill "others". Where does that fit with your thinking? Stefano _______________________________________________ OSX-Nutters mailing list | [email protected] http://lists.tit-wank.com/mailman/listinfo/osx-nutters List hosted at http://cat5.org/
