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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>[T]hat eugenics must target whole classes: I am
frank to say that I do not see how it is possible to 'sort out individual values
within each class' and make an 'individual selection' of those fit to reproduce,
nor am I at all sure that such selection would be really eugenic. p. 17,
footnoted, Margaret Sanger to Frederick Osborn, 12/29/39.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>From: "C. G. Estabrook" <</FONT><A
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>To: "Jenifer Cartwright" <</FONT><A
href="mailto:jencart13@yahoo.com"><FONT size=2
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Cc: "peace discuss" <</FONT><A
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Sent: Monday, May 17, 2010 12:09 AM</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Subject: Re: [Peace-discuss] Race &
class</FONT></DIV></DIV>
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face=Arial>> John's quotation is of course correct. The individual class
backgrounds of SC<BR>> justices don't matter very much. The question
is, will they do the will of the<BR>> economic elite in a overwhelmingly
business-run society? Obviously, that looks<BR>> better when it's done
by representatives of other classes, like Sotomayor &<BR>> Obama.
The institutions of the higher learning that they attended - Princeton,<BR>>
Yale, Columbia, and Harvard - have as their primary job the education of
the<BR>> children of the American elite and talented members of other classes
who will do<BR>> the bidding of that elite. That's where Sotomayor
& Obama come from, and they <BR>> both learnt their lesson well. They
passed their examinations - fealty to the <BR>> dominant class - with, so to
speak, flying colors... --CGE<BR>> <BR>> <BR>> On 5/16/10 10:06
AM, Jenifer Cartwright wrote:<BR>>> As I recall, one of the reasons given
for Sotomayor's nomination is that she<BR>>> was raised in the projects.
Here's the wiki entry on that and a bit more (the<BR>>> law is less
stressful than detective work????):<BR>>><BR>>> "Sotomayor was
raised a Catholic<BR>>> <</FONT><A
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_Catholic>^[3"><FONT size=2
face=Arial>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_Catholic>^[3</FONT></A><FONT
size=2 face=Arial>]<BR>>> <</FONT><A
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonia_Sotomayor#cite_note-bg052609r-2"><FONT
size=2
face=Arial>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonia_Sotomayor#cite_note-bg052609r-2</FONT></A><FONT
size=2 face=Arial>> and grew<BR>>> up among other Puerto Ricans who
settled in the South Bronx<BR>>> <</FONT><A
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Bronx,_New_York"><FONT size=2
face=Arial>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Bronx,_New_York</FONT></A><FONT
size=2 face=Arial>> and East Bronx<BR>>> <</FONT><A
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_Bronx,_New_York"><FONT size=2
face=Arial>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_Bronx,_New_York</FONT></A><FONT
size=2 face=Arial>>; she self-identifies as a<BR>>> "Nuyorican
<</FONT><A href='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuyorican>".^[12'><FONT size=2
face=Arial>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuyorican>".^[12</FONT></A><FONT
size=2 face=Arial>]<BR>>> <</FONT><A
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonia_Sotomayor#cite_note-nyt-witn-09-11"><FONT
size=2
face=Arial>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonia_Sotomayor#cite_note-nyt-witn-09-11</FONT></A><FONT
size=2 face=Arial>> At<BR>>> first, she lived in a South Bronx
tenement<BR>>> <</FONT><A
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apartment_building#United_States_and_Canada>.^[16"><FONT
size=2
face=Arial>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apartment_building#United_States_and_Canada>.^[16</FONT></A><FONT
size=2 face=Arial>]<BR>>> <</FONT><A
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonia_Sotomayor#cite_note-wapo061609-15"><FONT
size=2
face=Arial>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonia_Sotomayor#cite_note-wapo061609-15</FONT></A><FONT
size=2 face=Arial>> In<BR>>> 1957, the family moved to the
well-maintained, racially and ethnically mixed,<BR>>> working-class
Bronxdale Houses housing project<BR>>> <</FONT><A
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_housing_in_the_United_States>^[16"><FONT
size=2
face=Arial>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_housing_in_the_United_States>^[16</FONT></A><FONT
size=2 face=Arial>]<BR>>> <</FONT><A
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonia_Sotomayor#cite_note-wapo061609-15"><FONT
size=2
face=Arial>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonia_Sotomayor#cite_note-wapo061609-15</FONT></A><FONT
size=2 face=Arial>> ^[17]<BR>>> <</FONT><A
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonia_Sotomayor#cite_note-time-cover-16"><FONT
size=2
face=Arial>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonia_Sotomayor#cite_note-time-cover-16</FONT></A><FONT
size=2 face=Arial>> ^[18]<BR>>> <</FONT><A
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonia_Sotomayor#cite_note-17"><FONT size=2
face=Arial>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonia_Sotomayor#cite_note-17</FONT></A><FONT
size=2 face=Arial>> in Soundview<BR>>> <</FONT><A
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soundview,_Bronx"><FONT size=2
face=Arial>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soundview,_Bronx</FONT></A><FONT size=2
face=Arial>> (which has at times been<BR>>> considered part of both the
East Bronx and South Bronx).^[19]<BR>>> <</FONT><A
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonia_Sotomayor#cite_note-18"><FONT size=2
face=Arial>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonia_Sotomayor#cite_note-18</FONT></A><FONT
size=2 face=Arial>> ^[20]<BR>>> <</FONT><A
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonia_Sotomayor#cite_note-McKinley-19"><FONT
size=2
face=Arial>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonia_Sotomayor#cite_note-McKinley-19</FONT></A><FONT
size=2 face=Arial>> ^[21]<BR>>> <</FONT><A
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonia_Sotomayor#cite_note-nd-apt-20"><FONT
size=2
face=Arial>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonia_Sotomayor#cite_note-nd-apt-20</FONT></A><FONT
size=2 face=Arial>> Her<BR>>> relative proximity to Yankee
Stadium<BR>>> <</FONT><A
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yankee_Stadium_(1923"><FONT size=2
face=Arial>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yankee_Stadium_(1923</FONT></A><FONT
size=2 face=Arial>)> led to her becoming a<BR>>> lifelong fan of the
New York Yankees<BR>>> <</FONT><A
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_Yankees>.^[22"><FONT size=2
face=Arial>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_Yankees>.^[22</FONT></A><FONT
size=2 face=Arial>]<BR>>> <</FONT><A
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonia_Sotomayor#cite_note-Smith-21"><FONT
size=2
face=Arial>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonia_Sotomayor#cite_note-Smith-21</FONT></A><FONT
size=2 face=Arial>> The<BR>>> extended family got together
frequently^[16]<BR>>> <</FONT><A
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonia_Sotomayor#cite_note-wapo061609-15"><FONT
size=2
face=Arial>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonia_Sotomayor#cite_note-wapo061609-15</FONT></A><FONT
size=2 face=Arial>> and<BR>>> regularly visited Puerto Rico during
summers.^[23]<BR>>> <</FONT><A
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonia_Sotomayor#cite_note-mcc060709-22"><FONT
size=2
face=Arial>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonia_Sotomayor#cite_note-mcc060709-22</FONT></A><FONT
size=2 face=Arial>><BR>>><BR>>> Sonia was diagnosed with type 1
diabetes<BR>>> <</FONT><A
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Type_I_diabetes"><FONT size=2
face=Arial>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Type_I_diabetes</FONT></A><FONT size=2
face=Arial>> at age eight,^[8]<BR>>> <</FONT><A
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonia_Sotomayor#cite_note-Hoffman-7"><FONT
size=2
face=Arial>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonia_Sotomayor#cite_note-Hoffman-7</FONT></A><FONT
size=2 face=Arial>> ^[20]<BR>>> <</FONT><A
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonia_Sotomayor#cite_note-McKinley-19"><FONT
size=2
face=Arial>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonia_Sotomayor#cite_note-McKinley-19</FONT></A><FONT
size=2 face=Arial>> and<BR>>> began taking daily insulin <</FONT><A
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Insulin"><FONT size=2
face=Arial>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Insulin</FONT></A><FONT size=2
face=Arial>><BR>>> injections.^[24]<BR>>> <</FONT><A
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonia_Sotomayor#cite_note-mh052809-23"><FONT
size=2
face=Arial>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonia_Sotomayor#cite_note-mh052809-23</FONT></A><FONT
size=2 face=Arial>> Her<BR>>> father died of heart problems at age 42,
when she was nine years old.^[7]<BR>>> <</FONT><A
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonia_Sotomayor#cite_note-nyt-mother-6"><FONT
size=2
face=Arial>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonia_Sotomayor#cite_note-nyt-mother-6</FONT></A><FONT
size=2 face=Arial>> ^[16]<BR>>> <</FONT><A
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonia_Sotomayor#cite_note-wapo061609-15"><FONT
size=2
face=Arial>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonia_Sotomayor#cite_note-wapo061609-15</FONT></A><FONT
size=2 face=Arial>> After<BR>>> this, she became fluent in
English.^[8]<BR>>> <</FONT><A
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonia_Sotomayor#cite_note-Hoffman-7"><FONT
size=2
face=Arial>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonia_Sotomayor#cite_note-Hoffman-7</FONT></A><FONT
size=2 face=Arial>> Sotomayor<BR>>> has said that she was first
inspired by the strong-willed Nancy Drew<BR>>> <</FONT><A
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nancy_Drew"><FONT size=2
face=Arial>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nancy_Drew</FONT></A><FONT size=2
face=Arial>> book character, and then after her<BR>>> diabetes
diagnosis led doctors to suggest a different career from detective,<BR>>>
she was inspired to go into a legal career and become a judge by watching
the<BR>>> /Perry Mason <</FONT><A
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perry_Mason_(TV_series)>/"><FONT size=2
face=Arial>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perry_Mason_(TV_series)>/</FONT></A><BR><FONT
size=2 face=Arial>>> television series.^[8]<BR>>> <</FONT><A
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonia_Sotomayor#cite_note-Hoffman-7"><FONT
size=2
face=Arial>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonia_Sotomayor#cite_note-Hoffman-7</FONT></A><FONT
size=2 face=Arial>> ^[22]<BR>>> <</FONT><A
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonia_Sotomayor#cite_note-Smith-21"><FONT
size=2
face=Arial>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonia_Sotomayor#cite_note-Smith-21</FONT></A><FONT
size=2 face=Arial>> ^[24]<BR>>> <</FONT><A
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonia_Sotomayor#cite_note-mh052809-23"><FONT
size=2
face=Arial>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonia_Sotomayor#cite_note-mh052809-23</FONT></A><FONT
size=2 face=Arial>> She<BR>>> reflected in 1998: "I was going to
college and I was going to become an<BR>>> attorney, and I knew that when
I was ten. Ten. That's no jest."^[<BR>>> <</FONT><A
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonia_Sotomayor#cite_note-Smith-21>22"><FONT
size=2
face=Arial>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonia_Sotomayor#cite_note-Smith-21>22</FONT></A><BR><FONT
size=2 face=Arial>>> <</FONT><A
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonia_Sotomayor#cite_note-Smith-21"><FONT
size=2
face=Arial>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonia_Sotomayor#cite_note-Smith-21</FONT></A><FONT
size=2 face=Arial>>]<BR>>> <</FONT><A
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonia_Sotomayor#cite_note-Smith-21"><FONT
size=2
face=Arial>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonia_Sotomayor#cite_note-Smith-21</FONT></A><FONT
size=2 face=Arial>>"<BR>>><BR>>> ^<BR>>><BR>>>
--Jenifer<BR>>><BR>>> --- On *Thu, 5/13/10, John W. /<</FONT><A
href="mailto:jbw292002@gmail.com>/"><FONT size=2
face=Arial>jbw292002@gmail.com>/</FONT></A><FONT size=2 face=Arial>*
wrote:<BR>>><BR>>><BR>>> From: John W. <</FONT><A
href="mailto:jbw292002@gmail.com"><FONT size=2
face=Arial>jbw292002@gmail.com</FONT></A><FONT size=2 face=Arial>> Subject:
Re: [Peace-discuss] Race &<BR>>> class To: "C. G. Estabrook"
<</FONT><A href="mailto:galliher@illinois.edu"><FONT size=2
face=Arial>galliher@illinois.edu</FONT></A><FONT size=2 face=Arial>> Cc:
"peace discuss"<BR>>> <</FONT><A
href="mailto:Peace-discuss@lists.chambana.net"><FONT size=2
face=Arial>Peace-discuss@lists.chambana.net</FONT></A><FONT size=2
face=Arial>> Date: Thursday, May 13, 2010, 9:33 PM<BR>>><BR>>> A
big part of this trend toward "diversity" is that the US Supreme Court
has<BR>>> set it in stone, more or less, in terms of the legal structure.
Race and<BR>>> gender are protected classes and can elicit greater
judicial scrutiny. But<BR>>> with only a few very narrow exceptions, class
(i.e., poverty) has never been<BR>>> considered by the Supreme Court to be
a protected class worthy of any special<BR>>> legal protection. Hence the
saying by Anatole France is as pertinent in<BR>>> America as it is just
about everywhere else: "The law, in its majestic<BR>>> equality, forbids
all men to sleep under bridges, to beg in the streets, and<BR>>> to steal
bread - the rich as well as the poor."<BR>>><BR>>><BR>>> On
Thu, May 13, 2010 at 7:28 PM, C. G. Estabrook <</FONT><A
href="mailto:galliher@illinois.edu"><FONT size=2
face=Arial>galliher@illinois.edu</FONT></A><BR><FONT size=2 face=Arial>>>
<</FONT><A><FONT size=2
face=Arial>/mc/compose?to=galliher@illinois.edu</FONT></A><FONT size=2
face=Arial>>> wrote:<BR>>><BR>>> Walter Benn Michaels, "Chav
chic, and respect the poor" (Le Monde<BR>>>
diplomatique):<BR>>><BR>>> ...at a time when class difference in the
US is as high as it’s been in the<BR>>> last hundred years, we’re being
urged not to talk about what we never talk<BR>>> about (the inequalities
produced by capitalism) and to talk lots more about<BR>>> what we always
talk about (the inequalities produced by racism). Why?<BR>>><BR>>>
Well, one answer, of course, is the absolutely central role race and
racism<BR>>> have played in our history. But it’s not a very good answer.
The<BR>>> extraordinary inequalities of the last 30 years were not caused
by racism and<BR>>> the catastrophic consequences of the current crash
will not be alleviated by<BR>>> anti-racism. Indeed, these days
anti-racism is as much a part of the problem<BR>>> as it is the solution.
In every neoliberal society, the response to more<BR>>> inequality has
been a call for more diversity because the core commitment of<BR>>>
neoliberalism is that the only inequalities we need to do anything about
are<BR>>> the ones produced by prejudice.<BR>>><BR>>> Walter
Benn Michaels on anti-racism and diversity from "The Trouble With<BR>>>
Diversity":<BR>>><BR>>> We would much rather get rid of racism than
get rid of poverty. And we would<BR>>> much rather celebrate cultural
diversity than seek to establish economic<BR>>>
equality.<BR>>><BR>>> Indeed, diversity has become virtually a
sacred concept in American life<BR>>> today. No one's really against it;
people tend instead to differ only in<BR>>> their degrees of enthusiasm
for it and their ingenuity in pursuing it.<BR>>><BR>>> There’s no
reason why people with a certain set of genes ought to be reading<BR>>> a
certain set of books and thinking of those books as part of their
heritage,<BR>>> or why, when they read some other set of books, they
should think of them as<BR>>> part of someone else’s heritage. There are
just the things we learn and the<BR>>> things we don’t learn, the things
we do and the things we don’t do.<BR>>><BR>>> Benn Michaels, from
The Chronicle of Higher Education:<BR>>><BR>>> The argument is that
anti-racism today performs at least one of the same<BR>>> functions that
racism used to — it gives us a vision of our society as<BR>>> organized
racially instead of economically — while adding another function —<BR>>>
it insists that racism is the great enemy to be overcome. But all
the<BR>>> anti-racism in the world won't take any money away from the rich
and won't<BR>>> give any of it to the poor.<BR>>><BR>>>
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