David Neiwert on Hatred and Multiculturalism
david neiwert at orcinus is one hell of a thoughtful guy and he ain't bad at articulating either... he likes to look at macro trends, overarching patterns, and deep, underlying currents... in a current post, he writes in depth on one of my bigger concerns - how the current political/cultural/religious scene and its invective directed at liberals both directly and indirectly encourages bigotry, racism, intolerance, and hatred...
At the root of this liberal-bashing, as I've argued for a long time, is a hatred of multiculturalism. What happens on the street level is that all of the minorities whose presence is embraced by multiculturalism are the natural first targets of this intolerance as it festers into white working-class resentment and finally action.
Remember, too, that multiculturalism arose specifically as a response to white supremacism -- which, in fact, it replaced as the reigning national racial ethos. Those who constantly disparage multiculturalism seem oddly reticent about what they'd replace it with -- except, of course, white supremacists like David Duke and Billy Roper, who are fairly clear on the subject.
It's time, I think, for liberals to wake up and listen to what's marching their way.
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At the root of this liberal-bashing, as I've argued for a long time, is a hatred of multiculturalism. What happens on the street level is that all of the minorities whose presence is embraced by multiculturalism are the natural first targets of this intolerance as it festers into white working-class resentment and finally action.
Remember, too, that multiculturalism arose specifically as a response to white supremacism -- which, in fact, it replaced as the reigning national racial ethos. Those who constantly disparage multiculturalism seem oddly reticent about what they'd replace it with -- except, of course, white supremacists like David Duke and Billy Roper, who are fairly clear on the subject.
It's time, I think, for liberals to wake up and listen to what's marching their way.
sometimes at night, with the coyotes howling in the distance, i can almost hear the sound of the drums beating over the hill... Submit To Propeller
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posted by profmarcus at
6/07/2005
