[wilfred]

Originally Posted by KenP

It has long been known that racist frames of mind involve splitting and projective identification, but today we understand more clearly their extraordinary power in reducing complex anxiety-provoking situations into more straightforward black-and-white accounts that sharply differentiate good from bad. A paranoid solution to intense anxiety, this makes us feel that we know where we are, which helps, and can further justify actions designed to make us feel better, rather than to face the real problem (which requires a full appreciation of its complexity). The effects of such polarisation are powerful and pervasive since racist thought seeks to present itself as the true picture of reality, sweeping up all in its path as it imposes its agenda and seeks to buttress its views. In the process alternative views are portrayed as being in the camp of the enemy (e.g. ?Hitler appeasers?), which places their proponents on the back foot as they are forced to engage in a discourse constructed around the racism. This leaves no room for freedom of thought.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IN5StQAr7n0 is:

ahh.. hmm.. i don't have a clue what you are saying so