"Racism", the late-great philosopher David Stove told us in his gorgeous essay "Racial and Other Antagonisms" (found, e.g., here), is "one of those words which are so perfectly foolish that they are valuable as diagnostics: no sensible person ever uses them, except in quotation marks."
I’ve long held that nothing in this world is more rational than “white flight.” White ethnomasochists won’t admit this, of course, but continue to gleefully swallow the fatal load of b.s. that “diversity is our strength.“
I’ve long held that nothing in this world is more rational than “white flight.” White ethnomasochists won’t admit this, of course, but continue to gleefully swallow the fatal load of b.s. that “diversity is our strength.“
Jon, What a thoughtful response, thanks. It calls for more than a short answer. I'll work on that and post another date.