Friday, April 07, 2006
Poignant Update
Our colleague David Neiwert writes about the current practice of transmitting poisonous ideas:
http://www.crooksandliars.com/2006/04/07.html#a7834
Mr. Neiwert makes two points that I believe are at the crux of the matter:
1. racism is an enterprise, and 2. this enterprise is supported by the mainstream press.
If one carefully examines the history of the European experience in the Americas over the last five hundred years, Mr. Neiwert's observations are merely an update on the status of this endeavor.
http://www.crooksandliars.com/2006/04/07.html#a7834
Mr. Neiwert makes two points that I believe are at the crux of the matter:
1. racism is an enterprise, and 2. this enterprise is supported by the mainstream press.
If one carefully examines the history of the European experience in the Americas over the last five hundred years, Mr. Neiwert's observations are merely an update on the status of this endeavor.
