This is also a small, (probably) insignificant quibble, reference the phrase, " 
advocates of institutional racism." I take his point, but I'm not sure the 
phrase is coherent. Instances of what I would call "institutional racism" in 
the U.S. are the War on drugs, the Department of Homeland Security, Charter 
Schools , the Prison System. . . . These and many other "institutions" must be 
eliminated to eliminate racism in the U.S. But their defenders (overt or 
implicit) would deny that they were racist, and probably be "sincere" in so 
arguing.

Is this use of the phrase "institutional racism" consistent with Joseph's use 
of the term?

Carrol

-----Original Message-----
From: [email protected] 
[mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Joseph Catron
Sent: Monday, September 01, 2014 10:11 AM
To: Progressive Economics
Cc: Activists and scholars in Marxist tradition; LBO
Subject: Re: [Pen-l] Israel moves closer to a single-state solution

On Mon, Sep 1, 2014 at 4:54 PM, Marv Gandall <[email protected]> wrote:


        Contrary to the fears expressed by their liberal counterparts, these 
right-wing Zionists do not believe they will have to choose between demography 
and democracy; they’re convinced they can both grant formal citizenship rights 
to the West Bank Palestinians while retaining a Jewish majority in their 
realized vision of a Greater Israel spanning both banks of the Jordan River.


One small, insignificant quibble: These "liberals" are full advocates of 
institutional racism, in a way that has few equivalents anywhere near the 
political mainstreams of North America or Western Europe. As little as I think 
of our liberals, I'd still use scare quotes or something to set this brood 
apart from 'em.

-- 
"Hige sceal þe heardra, heorte þe cenre, mod sceal þe mare, þe ure mægen 
lytlað." 


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