tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5873160920540394292.post664161536499844089..comments2023-10-31T00:30:11.189+11:00Comments on The Bureau of Counterpropaganda: No Turkish coffeeErnie Halfdramhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06463362099448607727noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5873160920540394292.post-85510599415116993702009-01-22T08:36:00.000+11:002009-01-22T08:36:00.000+11:00Thanks for that, Abim. You're quite right about D...Thanks for that, Abim. You're quite right about Driscoll's outfit, apparently a rebranding of the Queensland Retail Traders and Shopkeepers Association (QRTSA). I'll post a clarification separately when I get around to it.<BR/><BR/>The distinction between systematic institutional racist structures and individual racist attitudes is one I always make, usually in more or less those terms. I'd like to adopt your terminology, but I fear it might still turn out to be necessary to spell it all out anyway, as indeed you've don in your comment.Ernie Halfdramhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06463362099448607727noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5873160920540394292.post-86982900632900425132009-01-21T22:16:00.000+11:002009-01-21T22:16:00.000+11:00The racism of the suggestion to ban the wearing of...The racism of the suggestion to ban the wearing of the hijab is incontestable. It's important to note, however, that Scott Driscoll represents The Retailers Association:<BR/><BR/>http://www.theretailersassociation.com.au/<BR/><BR/>He doesn't represent the far larger & more well-known Australian Retailers Association:<BR/><BR/>http://www.retail.org.au/<BR/><BR/>The ARA has, at the moment, a link on its home page to a press release of theirs distancing themselves from the suggestion quite strongly.<BR/><BR/>My guess is that Driscoll is running a fringe outfit and is hungry for publicity. He jumped on the bandwagon precisely because he knew it would be controversial. That doesn't mean he's not a racist ratbag. Rather, it shows that racism & racial prejudice are two separate but related phenomena. One is an institution of power, while the other is a psychological attitude.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com