The election of a black man triggered the appearance of the TP. But perhaps the primary political fact in the U.S. today is the identity of Arbs/Islamists (brown) with Latinos (brown). A very raw and overt racism such as we have not seen for a long time, is emerging. The criminalization of the undocumented shows that politicians at all levels are actively exploiting this 'new' racism. Obama (the INS under his Administration) has so far deported a bit over 1 million U.S. residents, at an average of 11 thousand a day. Defensive arguments (such as the classical "Some of My Best Friends are Jews") which cite 'love' or toleration or whatever with particular individuals of the hated tgroup are themselves one of themost glaring signs of racism. I don't see, really, why people bother to answer D.S.
Carrol On 8/11/2011 5:35 PM, Jim Devine wrote: > David Shemano: >> Charles -- why does the TP love, and I mean love, a guy like Allen West? >> How do you incorporate that phenomena in your analysis?< > > though there are racists associated with the TP, I don't think the TP > is itself racist. (And there are racists associated with the DP, too. > In Chicago when I was growing up, in fact, hizzoner da mare Daley's DP > was the main racist organization.) > > that said, I don't know if it fits Allen West or not, but it's common > for white folks -- including conservatives -- to cultivate black > spokespeople who agree with them, simply to avoid the "racist" label > (either in the eyes of the public or their own). For example, I can > see no other reason why Thomas Sowell has been able to publish so many > books and get so many honorariums. He's quite mediocre as an economist > and a writer. And why did Michael Steele become chair of the GOP? And > why was Clarence Thomas able to join the Supes? _______________________________________________ pen-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l
