Re: Krupskaya

Charles Nelson (c.nelson who-is-at mail.utexas.edu)
Wed, 14 Apr 1999 10:45:13 -0600

On Tue, 13 Apr 1999, Phillip White wrote
>
> it is almost as if whites define themselves as whites through
>negation - they are not black.

Perhaps whites (or any other arbitrary group or individual) don't define
themselves as anything other the "norm" (which varies according to an
individual's/group's sociocultural history), and so they define others as
not "white," not part of the "norm," and not a member of their group.

Charles Nelson
c.nelson who-is-at mail.utexas.edu