Word: horowitz
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America’s ideals often do not coincide with her practices. Horowitz displays similar bouts with selective memory and hypocrisy in his arguments...
...perhaps one of his most radical claims, Horowitz makes the assertion that blacks ought to be somewhat thankful to America, which he said “was a pioneer in the fight against slavery, and in establishing the first multiracial society in human history.” He seems to forget that it is America who unduly enslaved blacks in the first place and perpetuated that “peculiar institution” for 32 years after the British Empire outlawed...
Institutional racism that has plagued blacks for centuries is a direct descendant of slavery practices. Though reparations may not be the answer, Horowitz is going to have to do a better job of explaining...
People such as Horowitz make the job a little easier...
...presence is. Students who disagree with his viewpoint must take a more active stance than participating in e-mail debates, quickly dismissing him as a “bigoted idiot” or protesting outside the Science Center wearing stern faces and black sweatshirts. These tactics are exactly what Horowitz expects and rightfully faulted his critics for in the past...