[Marxism] America's deep-seated racism

Walter Lippmann walterlx at earthlink.net
Wed Jul 18 07:24:44 MDT 2007


Perhaps you're unfamiliar with the phenomenon of "passing"?

Consider a few facts and experiences:
http://www.racematters.org/passingforwhite.htm
http://www.post-gazette.com/lifestyle/20031026stain1026fnp2.asp
http://www.jimcrowhistory.org/resources/lessonplans/hs_es_passing_for_white.htm
http://www.umass.edu/umpress/SS02/otoole.html

In this society, white is not simply a description of a color.
In this society, white is, most importantly, an attitude and a state of mind.


Walter Lippmann
Los Angeles, California
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LAJANY OTUM writes:
it is the privilege of the white person to claim to be colour blind or
not to think of himself as "white", where the black person has to be
conscious of her colour all day long -- probably even when she's asleep.


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Editor-in-Chief, CubaNews
writer - photographer - activist
http://www.walterlippmann.com
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