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I think you need to differentiate your argument from his a little more if you are going to purport to disagree with him.
by aptwebapps 12y ago
I think you need to differentiate your argument from his a little more if you are going to purport to disagree with him.
- scarmig 12y agoHe thinks it's something new that white means "an ethnic group that has made it," and in fact goes on to bemoan how "this new division is as likely as the old to create nasty, corrosive, sometimes fatal battles over which racial groups get the spoils." I'm annoyed that he seemingly doesn't get that for centuries white always meant "an ethnic group that has made it." Despite his allusion to the title of a work showing exactly that, he obviously didn't pick up on the point.
- aptwebapps 12y agoI don't think he's ignorant of the history of the term - he is pointing out the ambiguity of it and the confusion it can cause.