I was thinking that the other day. In some ways it's the 'civilised' vs 'barbarian' thing that decides who is allowed to get away with what on the world stage, whose interests matter, who can be called a terrorist, etc. It correlates strongly with colour, but is adjustable to political convenience. Some groups are let in. And some white-skinned folk can still be effectively expelled from the global 'white' club - the peoples of the Balkans, the Chechens, etc.
I think it was David Irving, the Holocaust denier, I remember him saying a few years ago, in expounding his racist theories, that he actually thought East Asians were superior even to Europeans. He had reluctantly come to this conclusion. Y'know, just to prove that he isn't being biased when he says blacks are inferior.
Talking of the Bell Curve, we've just had a story break over here about a racist prof quoting Murray and co. as proof that blacks are less intelligent. At least the students there are having a serious go at getting his ass sacked, but then we're getting the whole 'freedom of speech' thing.
But never mind how right-wing, just how fantastically stupid does a Jew have to be to mix with the KKK? Oy, oy, oy. The mind boggles. There are some sick and stupid people out there.
Re: I can already see the next step
I was thinking that the other day. In some ways it's the 'civilised' vs 'barbarian' thing that decides who is allowed to get away with what on the world stage, whose interests matter, who can be called a terrorist, etc. It correlates strongly with colour, but is adjustable to political convenience. Some groups are let in. And some white-skinned folk can still be effectively expelled from the global 'white' club - the peoples of the Balkans, the Chechens, etc.
I think it was David Irving, the Holocaust denier, I remember him saying a few years ago, in expounding his racist theories, that he actually thought East Asians were superior even to Europeans. He had reluctantly come to this conclusion. Y'know, just to prove that he isn't being biased when he says blacks are inferior.
Talking of the Bell Curve, we've just had a story break over here about a racist prof quoting Murray and co. as proof that blacks are less intelligent. At least the students there are having a serious go at getting his ass sacked, but then we're getting the whole 'freedom of speech' thing.
But never mind how right-wing, just how fantastically stupid does a Jew have to be to mix with the KKK? Oy, oy, oy. The mind boggles. There are some sick and stupid people out there.