Point taken. I think I would have been better off with a phrase like "explicit racism," and probably misused the other one.
The distinction I meant to draw was between the many Israeli policies supported by "liberal" Zionists which clearly, right on paper, discriminate on a racial basis, and those in Western countries, which do not. I think there's a meaningful difference, for example, between American redlining and Israeli land covenants, which restrict the use of 93% of its territory on an explicitly racial basis. On Mon, Sep 1, 2014 at 6:47 PM, Carrol Cox <[email protected]> wrote: > This is also a small, (probably) insignificant quibble, reference the > phrase, " advocates of institutional racism." I take his point, but I'm not > sure the phrase is coherent. Instances of what I would call "institutional > racism" in the U.S. are the War on drugs, the Department of Homeland > Security, Charter Schools , the Prison System. . . . These and many other > "institutions" must be eliminated to eliminate racism in the U.S. But their > defenders (overt or implicit) would deny that they were racist, and > probably be "sincere" in so arguing. > > Is this use of the phrase "institutional racism" consistent with Joseph's > use of the term? > > Carrol > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto: > [email protected]] On Behalf Of Joseph Catron > Sent: Monday, September 01, 2014 10:11 AM > To: Progressive Economics > Cc: Activists and scholars in Marxist tradition; LBO > Subject: Re: [Pen-l] Israel moves closer to a single-state solution > > On Mon, Sep 1, 2014 at 4:54 PM, Marv Gandall <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Contrary to the fears expressed by their liberal counterparts, > these right-wing Zionists do not believe they will have to choose between > demography and democracy; they’re convinced they can both grant formal > citizenship rights to the West Bank Palestinians while retaining a Jewish > majority in their realized vision of a Greater Israel spanning both banks > of the Jordan River. > > > One small, insignificant quibble: These "liberals" are full advocates of > institutional racism, in a way that has few equivalents anywhere near the > political mainstreams of North America or Western Europe. As little as I > think of our liberals, I'd still use scare quotes or something to set this > brood apart from 'em. > > -- > "Hige sceal þe heardra, heorte þe cenre, mod sceal þe mare, þe ure mægen > lytlað." > > > _______________________________________________ > pen-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l > -- "Hige sceal þe heardra, heorte þe cenre, mod sceal þe mare, þe ure mægen lytlað."
_______________________________________________ pen-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l
