Regarding the column "Students protest discriminatory classes" (Gazette, May 25), it takes a fair bit of verbal virtuosity to argue that racism is not racism, but Jennifer Hamilton has given it a good shot.
In doing so, she is opposing the students who are thinking for themselves and instead, standing on the side of the professor. But doesn't she know that these old tired arguments were thought up in the 1980s to justify racial quotas in U.S. schools, otherwise know as “affirmative action.” Words like “reverse racism” allowed intellectuals to call this what everyone knew it was, but with a twist. In other words, they said it was impossible for an oppressed minority to be racist against its oppressor. This is nonsense and needs to be called out for what it is. At the core of racism is hate. It's obvious when any group attacks another group, their hate is clearly displayed. Racism is bad, period.
The last refuge of the intellectual, when losing an argument, is to claim moral and mental superiority to the herd. This justifies their right to decree the best direction for society. It's understandable that the great unwashed are confused and offended by the brave new world planned for them by their superiors. Sweet! W.G. Whitney, St. Albert
