Wednesday, October 22, 2008

Unexamined: Ayers and Dohrn Against White Supremacy

From Little Green Footballs:

Ayers New Book


Former Weather Underground terrorists (and Barack Obama associates) William Ayers and Bernardine Dohrn have a new book coming out; showing how much they love their country, the theme of the book is that the dominant political system in the United States is white supremacism: Race Course Against White Supremacy: William C. Ayers, Bernardine Dohrn: Books.
Here's the book's product description:

White supremacy and its troubling endurance in American life is debated in these personal essays by two veteran political activists. Arguing that white supremacy has been the dominant political system in the United States since its earliest days—and that it is still very much with us—the discussion points to unexamined bigotry in the criminal justice system, election processes, war policy, and education. The book draws upon the authors' own confrontations with authorities during the Vietnam era, reasserts their belief that racism and war are interwoven issues, and offers personal stories about their lives today as parents, teachers, and reformers.
Unexamined bigotry?

Hardly.

Race relations and the black freedom struggle constitute the founding crises of our country. The fact that Barack Obama's on the verge of being elected president of the United States casts deep skepticism on the Ayers/Dohrn project. Like all radicals, perpetuation of racial grievance is a central meme in delegitimizing the state. That's what they've been doing since their Weather Underground days.


The fact that over 3000 professors have signed a statement in support of Ayers just shows that America really is a place of fresh starts, even for unrepentent terrorists.

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