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> > > ***************************************************************** > > (I wondered how in the hell that Irish Catholics, the victims of racism, > could end up as racists themselves. Once you get past the headline, you > discover that the Protestants are responsible for the bulk of the attacks > on immigrants.) > It is further evidence of the reaction encouraged by partition. Protestant sectarianism and its loyalist political expression, encouraged and bolstered by partition, is not going to stop at just hatred and violence towards one sector. As always, it is often the poorest Protestants taking out frustration and anger on those they view as below them. Ending partition is not going to end such racism, or sectarianism, but it would be an important step in removing the key for fostering such reaction, and undermine the sense that Protestants, however low on the social scale, have a state that belongs specifically to *them*. Stuart _________________________________________________________ Full posting guidelines at: http://www.marxmail.org/sub.htm Set your options at: http://lists.csbs.utah.edu/options/marxism/archive%40mail-archive.com
