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Re: International buzz about Obama

Jan 10, 2008, 17:57

It's not really accurate to say that anti-American sentiment equals racism, as America is probably the most racially mixed nation on the planet.

But I'm really tired of hearing all the ugly stereotyping. Again, I'm not defending the elements in the USA that are guilty of the sins Karl Max enumerates. I'm as vitriolic in my condemnation as he is of those people.

For someone who claims to be so learned, tho, he's apparently not conscious of the fact that he's making a crass generalization of 300 million people based on a minority of Bush supporters.

But I guess that's OK, since it's so fashionable (and safe) to throw all rationality to the wind and paint the whole USA with one brush.

That sort of blanket assumption about an entire continent reminds me of people who think the whole of Africa is one big undifferentiated place, which I'm sure even Mr. Max would agree is a racist conclusion.

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