Now large masses of liberal and well-intentioned whites will not "identify" with anyone in the White House now any more than they did in the past. But what they will do is say to themselves, Hurray, racism is no more. See, we've got a black president. That proves that we aren't racist anymore. So we can leave it to the cops to take care of those 10s of millions of blacks in central cities." That's a bit crude, but less crude than the idea that a black in the whitehouse is going to magically transfrom u.s. life and politics.
Carrol ^^^ CB: This is one-sided analysis, and not what anti-racist activists should take out of this election. Of course, there are still some people who are influenced by racist ideas, more and less. The above types described are not what is new coming out of this election. The new and emerging out of this election of a Black person as President is the leap forward in anti-racist consciousness of tens of millions of White people who voted for that President and now support him as President. That's about as big as the leap forward in mass White anti-racist consciousness in the Civil Rights era. All ant-racist and pro-working class militants should be celebrating this historic advance by White working masses. We in Black Bottom Detroit drink a toast to our brilliant White sisters and brothers across America. "Yes you did !" This message has been scanned for malware by SurfControl plc. www.surfcontrol.com _______________________________________________ pen-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l
