[Peace-discuss] Flag flap

[Alfred Kagan]

Most white Americans are socialized to be racists.  We have to work 
to get rid of the racism we learn as we grow up.  Many 
African-Americans seem to have related well to Clinton.  Perhaps he 
learned more about racism than some of his peers, and perhaps people 
picked up on that.  But Clinton often showed promise on issues. 
Unfortunately he rarely fulfilled the promise.


>Would you say Bill Clinton was an "unconscious racist," too?  That sounds
>to me like the sort of "thought-crime" described in 1984.
>
>Dean was not embracing the Confederate flag.  He was awkwardly and
>jocularly describing a type, with a description he'd used before.  And he
>was asserting his wish to attract people of this type to vote for him
>rather than for Republicans by (he wouldn't say this) social democratic
>policies.
>
>You don't seem to have posted your comment to the list.  Do you mean it to
>remain private?  --CGE
>
>
>On Mon, 10 Nov 2003, Alfred Kagan wrote:
>
>  > Trying to cut through this debate is difficult.  We are not
>>  communicating very well. Dean is not an overt racist, but he is an
>>  unconscious racist. He may want to overcome this but he has not
>>  succeeded. Black people can see this for what it is. AWARE needs to
>>  understand this dynamic.
>  >


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Al Kagan
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