tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7321349.post113036720819202987..comments2024-03-18T22:21:33.261-07:00Comments on The Debate Link: IntolerableDavid Schraubhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04946653376744012423noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7321349.post-1135882338475243502005-12-29T10:52:00.000-08:002005-12-29T10:52:00.000-08:00I'm glad you find anti-racism discourse to be inte...I'm glad you find anti-racism discourse to be interesting, I do too. In this case though, I don't think the prohibition breaks down on black/white lines. The authors I cite in-post (Lawrence, Delgado, and Stefancic) are Black, Latino, and Latino, respectively--and the loudest condemnations of so-called "hate speech" come from minority scholars working out of the Critical Race Theory movement. I won't go as far to say whether they'd sign on to this particular criticism--but this post was informed and inspired by their writings analyzing and applying the harms of racist speech on its victims. So I reject the notion that this is a case of "white people...defining acceptable black political discourse" as entirely ignorant of the context this post was written in and the intellectual tradition it operates in.<BR/><BR/>As it is, I believe that Blacks, Whites, Latinos, Asians, Jews, whomever, all should condemned when they use ethnic or racial slurs in "ordinary political disputes." This doesn't circumscribe Black political discourse any more that the standard circumscribes White political discourse. If one wants to talk about disparate enforcement, I'm game--I think as a society we are far too sanguine about White racism. But as my other posts on this line have written, the proper progressive response is to stake a strong claim against racist speech in any form--not to try and cut gerrymandered exceptions for our own political allies.David Schraubhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04946653376744012423noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7321349.post-1135877157658136852005-12-29T09:25:00.000-08:002005-12-29T09:25:00.000-08:00It is really interesting to watch white people sit...It is really interesting to watch white people sit back and set the boundaries defining acceptable black political discourse; you, Wonkette, etc.... Is there anything else black people aren't allowed to say?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7321349.post-1130462347444054892005-10-27T18:19:00.000-07:002005-10-27T18:19:00.000-07:00I disagree. Extended comments here.I disagree. <A HREF="http://www.dailykos.com/story/2005/10/27/21140/117" REL="nofollow">Extended comments here</A>.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com