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

we'll have to agree to disagree there

but go on

finish what you were saying

A White man has kept this opinion and this conviction about the negro race ever since his first interaction with them

It's perhaps the most unshakeable opinion of his as far as other races are concerned

deep down, even the most liberal whites, subconsciously fail to perceive blacks as something grown up

sure, at some level everyone knows the truth

its inescapable

you're stuck in these value judgments, not realizing that they don't matter at all

you aren't wrong, but you aren't right

I'll elaborate some other time if you're keen

it's too late

they dont matterto people who have no values and who are entirely fluid in their personal disposition