This apologetic rhetoric has been used almost unchanged from the end of the eugenics era and the World Wars. We’ve heard it all before in several languages and it’s always used to reassert white supremacy without resorting to traditional racist discourse.
Here’s an example of the basic argument over 2/3 of white Americans seem to espouse… Though they don’t openly admit it of course:
“We have nothing against blacks/jews/Arabs if only they were less violent/greedy/angry and didn’t want to sleep with our women”

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It’s worse because in medieval feudalism, those higher up on the pyramid of power had a responsibility towards those below them. Today, most of us are disposable with responsibility only flowing up, and blame flowing down.

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On the air now with Brook Hines

Posted: 2013/08/05 by Punkonomics (@dearbalak) in Announcements

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http://www.alternet.org/story/154425/why_the_racist_history_of_the_charter_school_movement_is_never_discussed

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