[PEN-L:8701] Re: Re: (Fwd) Review of *Hegel and MarxAfter theFall of Communism*

["Henry C.K. Liu" <hliu@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Michael Keaney wrote:

> I am less sure about Henry's sole attribution of racism to Western culture.
> I would be surprised if Western culture were unique in containing and
> supporting racism. Trade in African slaves was not only a transatlantic
> phenomenon. What makes Western racism unique is its historical impact upon
> the globe,  the level of its institutionalisation, and degree of tenacity.
>

I may be generalizing excessively, but I would be prepared to hear evidence of
racism in nonWestern culture.
You last sentence summaries my main point.

Henry

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> Michael