tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11020751.post8287839476591957817..comments2023-10-08T11:10:46.457-04:00Comments on Countersignature: It used to be relaxing to read the morning paper...cshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14117846384130187926noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11020751.post-39786340037314133062007-05-25T12:27:00.000-04:002007-05-25T12:27:00.000-04:00Cuff, Kindly define "racial solidarity" and "racis...Cuff, Kindly define "racial solidarity" and "racism." Do you make decisions based on race? If so, how is that okay?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11020751.post-2713765800472682372007-05-24T08:04:00.000-04:002007-05-24T08:04:00.000-04:00Joe Blow, haven't you ever read A People's History...Joe Blow, haven't you ever read <I>A People's History of the United States</I>? It's great.<BR/><BR/>As for the newspaper, I read the political cartoon and my horoscope, maybe some of the Style section. For my "news" I read you and other bloggers who will present a reality I can understand. Yikes!Reya Mellickerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13076092659507965666noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11020751.post-81736929707246511132007-05-23T22:28:00.000-04:002007-05-23T22:28:00.000-04:00Why do we even have to think in terms of racial so...Why do we even have to think in terms of racial solidarity? I, for one, wish that we didn't, but most groups don't (like the KKK) aim to destroy other people.m.a.https://www.blogger.com/profile/08662030747760941919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11020751.post-75394098406399934542007-05-23T16:35:00.000-04:002007-05-23T16:35:00.000-04:00A blog entry isn't exactly the place to go into th...A blog entry isn't exactly the place to go into the history of white supremacy in the United States, but it's possible that in my attempt to generalize the situation I made it unclear that it was about the historical conditions of African Americans in the United States (which of course are varied); however, I hoped it would be clear given that the letter writer mentioned the KKK. <BR/><BR/>As for mechanisms of oppression etc you could start by looking at lynchings (both sham trial legal lynchings and extra-legal lynchings), then consider laws on the books up through the mid-1960's, then look at lending practices and redlining, then look at more cultural symptoms like literary anthologies. <BR/><BR/>Maybe I should have come straight to the point: you can't compare the political reactions of a group that has been historically excluded from full political participation and continues to be subject to all sorts of scientific racist tomfoolery (see The Bell Curve et al) to the actions of a bunch of murdering thugs in white sheets.cshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14117846384130187926noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11020751.post-72567962892165840112007-05-23T15:53:00.000-04:002007-05-23T15:53:00.000-04:00"create a seeming similarity between the oppressed...<I>"create a seeming similarity between the oppressed and their oppressors."</I><BR/><BR/>Who is oppressed, how are they oppressed, and who is oppressing them?<BR/><BR/>You speak of oppression as if it were ann objective reality -- you reify this abstraction without ever really analyzing it. You assert, rather than demonstrate. If this oppression you speak of is real, it must be demonstrable. You should, therefore, be able to quantify this oppression, and identify its mechanisms. Otherwise, you are expecting the reader to accept oppression as an unexamined premise.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com