From: IN%"tallpaul@pipeline.com" 24-APR-1996 03:36:53.30

For some considerable period of time the doctrine of "separate but equal" was one of the major racist theories in the U.S.

I am quite aware of this; I grew up in the South. In practice, it wasn't seperate but equal; it was separate but unequal. This was the intent of the persons pushing it, which made them racist. (They are also justifiably classified as racist on many other grounds).

People who wish to organize for racist ideology behind this doctrine while proclaiming they are not racists merely place themselves in the old racist camp. Their organizing for (and their denials of) racist ideology does not make them less racist, just less honest.

Persons who wish to organize for _racist_ ideology, yes. But assuming that every separatist is actually a racist is about like assuming that everyone on this list is an anarcho-capitalist; while correct in the majority of cases, it isn't correct in all. (You and I are both exceptions, for instance.) -Allen