[Peace-discuss] Racism and sexism

[C. G. Estabrook]

"Are Arabs sexist? The institutions, perhaps, but not the people
Institutions, and not popular beliefs, cause the political and economic inequalities faced by women in the Arab world.
<http://www.commondreams.org/view/2013/07/23-4>"

The distinction offered here between "institutions and power relations" on the one hand, and "popular preferences" on the other, is parallel to that proposed between racism - taken to refer to legal and governmental practice - and racial prejudice. 

The former refers to the crimes of public policy - the latter to thought-crimes - and so the former is far easier to eliminate. 

--CGE   


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