Howard Zinn Quote
This unequal treatment, this developing combination of contempt and oppression, feeling and action, which we call racism—was this the result of a natural antipathy of white against black? The question is important, not just as a matter of historical accuracy, but because any emphasis on natural racism lightens the responsibility of the social system. If racism can’t be shown to be natural, then it is the result of certain conditions, and we are impelled to eliminate those conditions.
Howard Zinn
This unequal treatment, this developing combination of contempt and oppression, feeling and action, which we call racism—was this the result of a natural antipathy of white against black? The question is important, not just as a matter of historical accuracy, but because any emphasis on natural racism lightens the responsibility of the social system. If racism can’t be shown to be natural, then it is the result of certain conditions, and we are impelled to eliminate those conditions.
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