Prometheus 6

Apparently after a month of discussion we still have things to say. So let's raise the last comment in that thread, by cnulan, to the front page and take it from there.

I will say this is a hell of a weekend to raise this particular comment because I'm not touching anything this deep today. But I will get to it, trust me.

LATER : No, no, no, pick up the thread here!

Something CP wrote should be carefully revisited;

it's not like white supremacy and white privilege have disappeared; in fact, they are more dangerous than ever because their existence is hidden behind neoliberal, colorblind terminology. you can see it in laws which punish blacks and whites differently for the same charge; you can see it in a media which has trouble (i'm being polite) finding stories portraying blacks in a positive manner. it becomes a question of ideology - an ideology which lives off of its hate and fear of black people. is this an environment you want to raise your kids in? so arguing for segregation - an argument DuBois himself struggled with because he saw the need for a positive articulation of Black identity even as he longed for acceptance by mainstream America - would seem to be MORE important than ever.