If you manage to find an Elect who will talk with you, the conversation goes something like this.
Them: “This nation was founded on white supremacy.”
Me: “So you’re saying white supremacy is this country’s original sin?”
Them quoting Mills: “white supremacy is the unnamed political system that has made the modern world what it is today.”
So Glenn’s question of is the United States a good country, full of opportunity? For Mills, if we assume the answer is yes, this means white supremacy in some way is business as usual. Mills is taking this to criticize the idea Glenn mentions about the vast differences between Nigerians and African Americans, but this argument demonstrates why the term white supremacy is insufficient and reductionist. Perhaps neocolonialism? Postimperialsim? Any suggestions? Does this attempt to layer and contextualize let racism off the hook in a sociological sense?
If you manage to find an Elect who will talk with you, the conversation goes something like this.
Them: “This nation was founded on white supremacy.”
Me: “So you’re saying white supremacy is this country’s original sin?”
Them quoting Mills: “white supremacy is the unnamed political system that has made the modern world what it is today.”
So Glenn’s question of is the United States a good country, full of opportunity? For Mills, if we assume the answer is yes, this means white supremacy in some way is business as usual. Mills is taking this to criticize the idea Glenn mentions about the vast differences between Nigerians and African Americans, but this argument demonstrates why the term white supremacy is insufficient and reductionist. Perhaps neocolonialism? Postimperialsim? Any suggestions? Does this attempt to layer and contextualize let racism off the hook in a sociological sense?