[Marxism] "The way to challenge racism is to call the racists out"

[Charles Brown]

Einde O'Callaghan 

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Charles Brown wrote:
> "The way to challenge racism is to call the racists out"
> 
> ^^^
> CB: True. But beyond a certain point,  this has to be done mainly by
> White people.  Black people ( like Rev. Wright) have been calling
out
> racists forever. But that doesn't work beyond a certain point. 
White
> people are the one's who must change their conduct, in the main, to
end
> racism. They are not going to listen to the protests of Black people
to
> do that. They have to be persuaded by other White people.
> 
> Take the current situation.  How many White people are going to
listen
> to the outrage of Rev. Wright ? They use his anger as an excuse to
> ignore him.   It is when whites fight racism that real progress is
made.
> The role of Blacks has to be more in the manner of Obama or Martin
> Luther King - extending a hand in friendship, figuratively speaking.
> 
While agreeing that whites have an important role in fighting racism, I

don't think that white campaigners against racism have any right to 
demand that those on the receiving end of racism should not be angry.
We 
actually have to earn the right to criticise by fighting for unity
while 
explaining (and defending) the anger and the angry.

Einde O'Callaghan

^^^^^

CB: I think this is true. And the explanation of the anger is part of
how the persuading has to be done.  

But perhaps the central explanation to white workers is not so much
sympathizing with non-white workers' anger, but seeing how racism hurts
white workers' own most important interests and concerns.

Actually, given that the small indication from the N. Carolina and
Indiana primaries are that the Wright incidents didn't hurt Obama as
much as many (I ; smile) thought it might, maybe there is a significant
change in many  white people's understanding of "Wrighteous" anger.  The
next test of US mass white consciousness on racism probably will be in
the general election.

Meanwhile, with right-wingers winning elections all over,  is more and
more of  Europe going through a new test of racist consciousness ,and
getting low grades ?






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