<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8"></head><body><div>I agree that racism is institutionalized. Demanding that it end is one way to get at capitalism. </div><div><br></div><div id="composer_signature"><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8"><div style="font-size:85%;color:#575757">-Karen Medina</div><div style="font-size:85%;color:#575757"><br></div></div><div><br></div><div style="font-size:100%;color:#000000"><!-- originalMessage --><div>-------- Original message --------</div><div>From: Karen Aram <karenaram@hotmail.com> </div><div>Date: 8/19/17 07:04 (GMT-06:00) </div><div>To: Karen Medina <kmedina67@gmail.com> </div><div>Cc: Peace-discuss List <peace-discuss@lists.chambana.net> </div><div>Subject: Re: [Peace-discuss] Thought for the day </div><div><br></div></div>
“Racism” is like “poverty” and “inequality” a component of “classism,” which is a result of capitalism. Fighting amongst ourselves is not a solution. War is about profit and control of other peoples resources.
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<div class="">A solution is to target the “perpetrators” of the crime. </div>
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<div class="">On Aug 18, 2017, at 13:49, Karen Medina <<a href="mailto:kmedina67@gmail.com" class="">kmedina67@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</div>
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'I guess they've won. The USG and their supporters of imperialist wars. They have Americans fighting in the streets, or on social media, over "racism" '</span><br class="">
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<div class="gmail_extra">To me, war with other peoples is directly related to racism and classism.
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