Why I do not listen
Why I do not listen much to the charge of racism anymore
In the Guardian, Ghada Karmi, former president of the Palestinian Community Association in Britain, asserts that the impending attack on Iraq is simply the outcome of anti-Arab racism.
A deep and unconscious racism imbues every aspect of western conduct towards Iraq – and by extension the Arabs in general.
I decline to take this seriously. But there is an interesting comparison to the griping about Bill Frist’s attack on Marion Berry. In both cases, we get a systematic cheapening of the racism charge. If this is all racism is, can it be that bad? If we started charging pedophilia every time a 19 year old starting dating a 17 year old, the charge would lose its force. Same with the racism card.