Metal Rat wrote:
"Today, racism is regarded as a crime if practiced by a majority—but as an inalienable right if practiced by a minority. The notion that one’s culture is superior to all others solely because it represents the traditions of one’s ancestors, is regarded as chauvinism if claimed by a majority—but as “ethnic” pride if claimed by a minority. Resistance to change and progress is regarded as reactionary if demonstrated by a majority—but retrogression to a Balkan village, to an Indian tepee or to the jungle is hailed if demonstrated by a minority."---- what Ayn Rand had to say about Racism and Ethnic Pride!
As always, Rand is sorta half right but omits the interesting parts and jumps to a conclusion: the majority she speaks of is a western, white majority, who, through the power of their enlightenment , claim universalism, and deny the ethnic minority such a claim.
The white western people express their supremacy through their 'progressiveness', prohibiting the minority access to its institutions if they don't totally assimilate and adopt white western ideas of what counts as progressive.
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