On Sep 1, 2014, at 11:47 AM, Carrol Cox <[email protected]> wrote: > 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
Interesting question. Joseph and others would be better informed, but my impression is that many Israeli liberals grouped around the Labour Party and even Meretz are tacitly accepting of the Jim Crow system of institutionalized racism inside Israel. > > -----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." > > > _______________________________________________ > pen-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l _______________________________________________ pen-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l
