This is the final in a two-post discussion on My neighbor, my countryman, and my fellow man. Yesterday’s post went into quite some detail regarding various facets of neighbor and countryman. I also addressed fellow man and said that I would leave the rest for today. So here goes . . .
In the age old problem of racism in America, between blacks and whites, it wasn’t only an issue of whites trying to leverage superiority over blacks in order to use them, but was also people identifying themselves as white in order to belong to the label appropriated such a position. So historically, when new groups came into the United States questions of association were raised. And, old issues of whom to identify as neighbors and countrymen were left aside in order to pursue a new, more comfortable life in the United States. Click to continue
