Word: racism
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...problem for a broad range of American blacks, who rightly fear that his anti-Semitic rhetoric erodes the moral authority of his appeals against racism and who are chagrined that his Nation of Islam, long an angry voice of the underclass, now enjoys a following among college students...
...problem for American Jews, who want to ensure that his brand of racism means automatic disqualification from national debate...
...good is likely to flow from the outpouring of attention on the Nation of Islam and its relationship to the black political establishment. First, Khallid Abdul Muhammad's notorious, hateful speech at Kean College and Louis Farrakhan's affirmation of its substance (though not its style) demonstrated anew that racism resides at the core of the Nation of Islam. Bigotry is not one of its peripheral features but is instead a central element of its identity and appeal. Second, an issue of fundamental importance has been raised: Should racism expressed by African Americans be openly repudiated by other African Americans...
...differently: the persistence of racism in America notwithstanding, the age of American racism has been succeeded by the age of American racialism. Racism and racialism agree that the color of a person's skin is an essential attribute of the person. For racism, the attribute is a negative one. For racialism, the attribute is a positive one. For a just social order, of course, the attribute is a neutral one. Neutral, not because race is not a fact; neutral, because race is not a value. Many people who do not share Farrakhan's bizarre beliefs share this belief that race...
...country would Jews themselves have disseminated anti-Semitic propaganda, in the certainty that its dissemination would protect them? The A.D.L.'s response to Farrakhan was an expression of the confidence of American Jews in America. I do not expect quite this degree of confidence in America from American blacks; racism, not anti-Semitism, has always been America's ugliness of choice, and the fate of blacks in America was, for whole centuries, obscene. In this century, however, this country has challenged its black citizens precisely as it has challenged its Jewish citizens. The political and philosophical procedures of America have...