trochee explained in comments to my post: it doesn't have to be the same writer to be an example of systematic oppression. I would challenge anybody to find a counter-example where the apparent races are reversed, using mainstream (i.e. AP, WSJ, NYT, Reuters) photos. No cheating by using the Marxist Mail or Indymedia or other extreme (by American standards) left wing micromedia.
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It can be institutionalized racism, without anybody ever having the thought "I dislike/don't trust/hate black people." That only the snarky bloggers noticed it, and it goes unnoticed and/or excused by white folks, is what makes it racism.
It's too easy to say "he meant well" in the culture of oppression. It's like inviting a female new friend at work to come out to a casual party and saying "bring your husband", just assuming that (1) she's hetero and (2) she's married. It's not that the person saying this is hateful towards women or homosexuality or single/poly-dom but the default arrangement of the culture and community makes being other than white/male/straight/married/affluent seem difficult and contrarian.
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Date: 2005-08-31 01:15 am (UTC)and later
It can be institutionalized racism, without anybody ever having the thought "I dislike/don't trust/hate black people." That only the snarky bloggers noticed it, and it goes unnoticed and/or excused by white folks, is what makes it racism.
It's too easy to say "he meant well" in the culture of oppression. It's like inviting a female new friend at work to come out to a casual party and saying "bring your husband", just assuming that (1) she's hetero and (2) she's married. It's not that the person saying this is hateful towards women or homosexuality or single/poly-dom but the default arrangement of the culture and community makes being other than white/male/straight/married/affluent seem difficult and contrarian.