Re: denny's

[Carrol Cox <cbcox@xxxxxxxxx>]

kelley wrote:

> Aiow, more enlightened folks running and working for denny's would have
> changed things considerably because their policies explicitly referred to
> treating blacks a certain way because they were seen as detrimental to
> business in specific kinds of ways because of stereotypes and prejudices.
> if they hadn't had those stereotypes and prejudices, iow, they wouldn't
> have made people wait, etc.  nor would

This is circular. Where do those stereotypes come from? I don't
think you can separate institutional racism from individual attitudes
this sharply or cleanly. Both need to be historicized.

Carrol