Speaking for myself alone, my dislike of SPLC is not derivative of Cockburn.
You say they that target racist groups in the North. If there is any evidence that they target Kahanist groups with as much vigor as they target the Klan, I totally withdraw and forswear my criticism. On Fri, Mar 5, 2010 at 3:08 PM, c b <[email protected]> wrote: > From: Robert Naiman > To be even more precise, it's that it exaggerates the import of > violent fringe racist groups in order to raise funds, rather than the > prevalence of racism per se. Obviously, racism remains a big problem > in the South as in the North; the question is, if you're going to > donate x dollars to "combating racism," should you donate your dollars > to an organization that is writing reports exaggerating the importance > of fringe groups with little influence, or should you donate them to > organizations that are combating racism that causes much, much more > social harm. > > ^^^^^ > > CB: Has Cockburn or anybody else demonstrated that SPLC exaggerates > the import of violent fringe groups ? Are there many Black people > who agree with Cockburn that SPLC is exaggerating this ? > > Could you name some anti-racist groups are fighting racism "better" than > SPLC ? > _______________________________________________ > pen-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l > -- Robert Naiman Policy Director Just Foreign Policy www.justforeignpolicy.org [email protected] _______________________________________________ pen-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l
