"Separate but equal" as a racist doctrine
For some considerable period of time the doctrine of "separate but equal" was one of the major racist theories in the U.S. 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. --tallpaul PS: Oh yes, for all the other rightwingers on the net who remain silent when rightwing views are presented but tell those who challenge the rightwing material to stop posting because it isn't "cypher" relevant: perhaps we could call the thread something like "Racist Code Talkers" or "Why Don't 'Americans' Learn History." Both of those seem to have resembled past on-topic threads.
On Wed, 24 Apr 1996, tallpaul wrote:
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.
I agree that separatism smells of true racism. Perhaps it's no use trying to adhere to the original interpretation of the term racism, since it has broadened with time to include everyone who is not a strong supporter of affirmative action and such. But debatings would gain from a strict definition of racism: Believing that races are significantly genetically different visavi intelligence or moral standards. I regard myself as not the slightest racist (if a Bantu is adopted into Swedish culture as an infant he becomes a Swede, regardless of skin colour) but a bit of a _culturist_: Believing that all cultures are _not_ equal in terms of collective intellectual inheritage and moral standards. Currently, the politically correct refuse to distinguish between racism and culturism, thus confusing a lot of issues. Asgaard PS The supreme culture is the Nordic, pre-Christian anarchy, of course. :-)
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