This is a strawman. The assertion that privilege attaches to Caucasianality is something other than an assertion that all white people are members of the "ruling class."
Yes there were a lot of right bastards in the mix as well, but do the Mongolians go around apologizing for Genghis Khan?
I'm not sure the ethnic pride of Mongolians is the standard we use to determine what our attitudes ought rightly be towards sundry historical legacies. I mean, it may be that most Turkish and Greek people don't have many misgivings about what they did to each other over the centuries. Does that mean I should not rue what Americans did to the native peoples of North America?
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Date: 14/7/11 22:29 (UTC)I am white and thus part of the "ruling class"
This is a strawman. The assertion that privilege attaches to Caucasianality is something other than an assertion that all white people are members of the "ruling class."
Yes there were a lot of right bastards in the mix as well, but do the Mongolians go around apologizing for Genghis Khan?
I'm not sure the ethnic pride of Mongolians is the standard we use to determine what our attitudes ought rightly be towards sundry historical legacies. I mean, it may be that most Turkish and Greek people don't have many misgivings about what they did to each other over the centuries. Does that mean I should not rue what Americans did to the native peoples of North America?