Articles by Ricky Sherover-marcuse
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Ricky Sherover-Marcuse ·
1. Human beings are members of the same species. The term 'racism' is useful as a shorthand way of categorizing the systematic mistreatment experienced by people of color and Third world people both in the United States and in many...
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Ricky Sherover-Marcuse ·
Assume that all human beings desire warm, close relationships with each other. This is also true of you and of all other white people.
Assume that you are a regular white person (not an exceptional white person) and that all...
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Ricky Sherover-Marcuse ·
No one is naturally or genetically oppressive; no human being is born as an oppressor. No one is naturally or genetically destined to be oppressed; no one is born to be oppressed.
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Ricky Sherover-Marcuse ·
Since, under present world conditions, everyone either is now, or has been, or will be at some time a target of social oppression, and since everyone is now, or has been, or will be in a non-target group in relation to some other...
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Ricky Sherover-Marcuse ·
Because racism is both institutional and attitudinal, effective strategies against it must recognize this dual character. The elimination of institutionalized racism requires a conscious project of attitudinal transformation. The...
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