Sunday, May 14, 2006
No Excuse
From a scholarly viewpoint, the current campaign against Mexicans is a component of the ongoing global anti-indigenous crusade begun by European states five hundred years ago. As we glimpse in the alternative news now and then, the white supremacy crusade is still very active in places like Nigeria, the Middle East, and Latin America.
While much confusion surrounds the crusade due to the religious differences and economic aspects of expropriating the mineral and hydrocarbon wealth of the fourth world, it is only in the belief of racial superiority that such criminal behavior can be justified to–as some say–conduct such hateful programs as slavery and genocide. And of course, once the inherent privileges based on race begin to erode–whether from the political liberation struggles of the autochthonous populations, or from the exhaustion of their natural resources, it is tempting to look for a means to bolster this unearned status through less than humane ways.
Given the ownership of all major media in the US by the dominant society in this crusade, it is no wonder that so little learning takes place around issues like immigration or foreign policy or economics or militarism, but with the Internet there is really no excuse for remaining ignorant. The facts are available.
While much confusion surrounds the crusade due to the religious differences and economic aspects of expropriating the mineral and hydrocarbon wealth of the fourth world, it is only in the belief of racial superiority that such criminal behavior can be justified to–as some say–conduct such hateful programs as slavery and genocide. And of course, once the inherent privileges based on race begin to erode–whether from the political liberation struggles of the autochthonous populations, or from the exhaustion of their natural resources, it is tempting to look for a means to bolster this unearned status through less than humane ways.
Given the ownership of all major media in the US by the dominant society in this crusade, it is no wonder that so little learning takes place around issues like immigration or foreign policy or economics or militarism, but with the Internet there is really no excuse for remaining ignorant. The facts are available.
