[PEN-L:8310] The Theory of Cultural Racism

[Yoshie Furuhashi <furuhashi.1@xxxxxxx>]

Rod Hay wrote:

>Cultural differences are not racism.


Jim Blaut's paper doesn't say that they are. In fact, it explicitly
says, "It is one thing to respect

culture, and to appreciate cultural differences, and quite another
thing to rank human groups on cultural criteria, <underline>and to
claim then that you have explained history</underline>" (emphasis
mine). The paper points out that a newer racism (that Blaut says has
supplanted a biological racism) tends to argue that non-Europeans are
poor because they are (unlike Europeans) culturally backward. (From a
marxist point of view, culture is of course not the prime mover of
history.)


One hopes that disagreement comes from a correct reading. Otherwise,
there can't be any debate.


Yoshie