The Big Bourgeoisie Like Affirmative Action (Re: [Marxism-Thaxis] Nappy-headed Hos of the World Unite!)

2007-04-17 Thread andie nachgeborenen
I don't know if the BB wants racial harmony -- I believe that there is somerthing to the divide and conquer theory of the persistence of racism (John Roemer has a theorem on this, FWIT!) -- although they surely don't want race riots. But the BB has always liked Affirmative Action. (It was urged by

Re: [Marxism-Thaxis] Nappy-headed Hos of the World Unite!

2007-04-17 Thread Doug Henwood
On Apr 17, 2007, at 9:25 AM, Charles Brown wrote: Although, I'm still trying to figure out the vulgar materialist explanation of GM, the Pentagon, et al. supporting affirmative action in Michigan last year. The big bourgeoisie in the US wants racial harmony. They know they have to deal w

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2007-04-17 Thread Waistline2
Clearly senility is setting in. But you are an admirer of Cornel West, as I recall. You probably like Michael Dyson even better. At 12:12 AM 4/17/2007 -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: >The white boyz understand the words they use and they greet each other and >sa

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2007-04-16 Thread Ralph Dumain
Clearly senility is setting in. But you are an admirer of Cornel West, as I recall. You probably like Michael Dyson even better. At 12:12 AM 4/17/2007 -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The white boyz understand the words they use and they greet each other and say "my nigga," . . . every Marxist

Re: [Marxism-Thaxis] Nappy-headed Hos of the World Unite!

2007-04-16 Thread Waistline2
-- Ralph Dumain <[EMAIL PROTECTED] (mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]) > wrote: This story has been approached from a number of different angles. While Ehrenreich's approach is a legitimate one, there is a slightly different conclusion to be drawn from her argument. I don't buy the reappropriation of

Re: [Marxism-Thaxis] Nappy-headed Hos of the World Unite!

2007-04-16 Thread Jim Farmelant
On Mon, 16 Apr 2007 15:39:14 -0400 "Charles Brown" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > > > Over on Marxmail, Shane Mage suggested that a probably decisive > aspect > for CBS was that Don Imus's remarks exposed the network to possible > litigation. You simply cannot call people whores on the

Re: [Marxism-Thaxis] Nappy-headed Hos of the World Unite!

2007-04-16 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Over on Marxmail, Shane Mage suggested that a probably decisive aspect for CBS was that Don Imus's remarks exposed the network to possible litigation. You simply cannot call people whores on the public airwaves and not expect to be sued for libel. If litigation should occur, CBS and Imus can expe

Re: [Marxism-Thaxis] Nappy-headed Hos of the World Unite!

2007-04-16 Thread Ralph Dumain
This story has been approached from a number of different angles. While Ehrenreich's approach is a legitimate one, there is a slightly different conclusion to be drawn from her argument. I don't buy the reappropriation of language line. It's probably true that a lot of stupid white people have