Both bigotry and racism are problems. And although I've heard people claim that bigotry between people of oppressed groups or from an oppressed group to a less-oppressed one doesn't count as racism, I've never heard anyone claim that the ONLY bad bigotry is accompanied by institutional power. The bad bigotry accompanied by institutional power is a particular kind and it causes particular problems. Those problems deserve analysis and action. It's easier to analyze and act on things if we name them.
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Date: 2005-09-11 03:46 pm (UTC)