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What's racial about it? I agree that it's rather absurd and short-sighted--not to mention selfish and smacking of hubris--but what's racial about it?
by alphapapa 11y ago
What's racial about it? I agree that it's rather absurd and short-sighted--not to mention selfish and smacking of hubris--but what's racial about it?
- Frondo 11y agoWhat's racial is how the terms are applied in the media (and how this reinforces people's unthinking internal racial stereotyping): White people "find" things in the aftermath of a disaster, black people "loot" them. Here's an example: http://politicalhumor.about.com/library/images/blkatrinalooting.htm http://politicalhumor.about.com/library/images/blkatrinaloot...