and to be kept at distance

thats the reality

outside of the zone you have placed yourself in

everything else is farce

no, it's bullshit

are you a white man

nope

then how do you know how white people perceive blacks

because of the crux of my argument

basically

did you at least read how whites wrote about blacks 100 years ago

exactly how i told you right now

wouldn't matter

I'm familiar with it all

you are unable to see past these convenient aesthetic models you have constructed

the world of blacks is inherently and irreversibly a primitive world to white people, dominated by the most terrestial impulses

and to him, the most foreign one

doesn't matter a whit, even if that becomes dogma amongst whites

people are not motivated by flighty abstractions, whatever their seeming importance

did the colonial whites hate the negro?

did the medieval arabs?

no, they simply spoke the truth about them

did they feel a distance from them?

yes and no

"people are not motivated by flighty abstractions, whatever their seeming importance"

we are not speaking about motivations here

aren't we?

we are speaking about how a group of people perceive

we're talking about love and hate

fallot

sorry that is motivation

you are writing before you even read what i say

you are a poor listener

you can continue down your track

don't feel compelled to respond to an interjection

when a group of people forms an opinion about other group of people

that is by definiton an abstraction

and such abstractions are informed by certain values and a certain worldview

sure, but you must have understood my meaning, so don't nitpick

the operative word is flighty

These are not flighty at all