Re: The economic structures that keep racial inequality in placearcady0December 30 2005, 16:43:16 UTC
I studied around this a lot in my own undergraduate education. Several of my political science and criminal justice courses hit on the themes of structural inequalities that in effect, force even 'liberal whites' to be racist by inaction - not morally racist per se (unless you get the patronizing variety that promote notions like the noble savage or the artistic black), but "racist" in that to live in a society that grants so many structural privileges to certain groups forces the members of those groups into a situation that puts down other groups even when they do not wish to do so
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Funny, I thought I was rambling off topic like crazy there.
There's a great book on the new 'right wing media' by one of the figures who claims he was key in shaping it before switching sides:
"The Republican Noise Machine" by David Brock.
What is known for fact is that he used to write for the 'Washington Times' and at that paper he worked to discredit Anita Hill and first started / broke the story on 'Paula Jones' - but then 'defected' in his own words, to the Democrats and liberals.
You could say he had his 'Paul like' moment in the desert, and came back a healed man.
His new book outlines just how the right wing figures have lined up the dialogue. Combine it it with George Lakoff's "Don't Think of an Elephant: Know Your Values and Frame the Debate" to get a fuller picture.
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There's a great book on the new 'right wing media' by one of the figures who claims he was key in shaping it before switching sides:
"The Republican Noise Machine" by David Brock.
What is known for fact is that he used to write for the 'Washington Times' and at that paper he worked to discredit Anita Hill and first started / broke the story on 'Paula Jones' - but then 'defected' in his own words, to the Democrats and liberals.
You could say he had his 'Paul like' moment in the desert, and came back a healed man.
His new book outlines just how the right wing figures have lined up the dialogue. Combine it it with George Lakoff's "Don't Think of an Elephant: Know Your Values and Frame the Debate" to get a fuller picture.
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