From: "chris wright" <cwright-AT-21stcentury.net>
Subject: Re: AUT: Re: racism
Date: Tue, 4 Mar 2003 19:10:36 -0600


Harald,

I never suspected that you supported the raids.  Sorry if it sounded like
that.  My concern rather was that the appearance of non-racialism Bush is
making internationally provides too much cover for what is going on on the
ground here, where a very much racialized process is in place.

Also, I am arguing that this is not the only method, even from the police
point of view, that one could take, but that it is an approach specifically
flowing from the policies of a current government which is invested in
racialization from their days back in Texas and from Daddy Bush and his
racist campaigning, but which also has links with the slide right managed
since Reagan and promoted as much by Bill Clinton as by the Republicans.

Anyway, as I said, maybe we should steer elsewhere for a bit and return when
we all agree a bit more on where we are sailing?

Cheers,
Cjhrs
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> Chris, that is a wholly moralistic argument. And if you think
> what I said was meant as any kind of support of this raids,
> you are sorrily mistaken. What I was saying was simply
> that if you are first to argue in investigation terms,  it follows
> logically that the first you do is to eliminate the non-suspect.
> And you quite obviously do not catch any ring leaders
> of al-Qaida by arresting Rumsfeld. That is nonsense. Now
> I would not doubt a moment that the various investigation
> forces, and overeager, ignorant, and often racist and
> revengeful police, target many that it makes little or no
> sense from an investigation perspective. Good for al-
> Qaida, very bad for others.  It is also a pretty stupid -- an
> inefficient use of resources -- from the point of view of
> the Bush administration. That is if you strart from the point
> of departure that they rwant to take as many of them,
> and as fast as possible. I believe they are.
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> << This is my point, that to accept that the lumping of
> Arabs and Muslims together as coherent groups is exactly
> part of the process of racialization... >>
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> Of course it is, and regardless of intention. And who said
> anything about accepting.
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> Harald
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