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>[Kennan] envisions all of humanity destined to “melt into a vast polyglot mass,” with only the Chinese, Jews, and blacks remaining apart. “Could this mean that
by RedCondor 3y ago
>[Kennan] envisions all of humanity destined to “melt into a vast polyglot mass,” with only the Chinese, Jews, and blacks remaining apart. “Could this mean that these three minorities are destined to subjugate and dominate all as an uneasy but unavoidable triumvirate the rest of society — the Chinese by their combination of intelligence, ruthlessness, and ant-like industriousness; the Jews by their sheer determination to survive as a culture; the Negroes by their ineradicable bitterness and hatred of the whites?”
https://newrepublic.com/article/117174/george-f-kennans-diaries-reviewed https://newrepublic.com/article/117174/george-f-kennans-diar...
- hhs 3y agoThis is the title of that piece: "U.S. Cold War Policy Was Designed by a Bigot"
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- dang 3y agoThat's a much better article than you make it seem with that quote, and that its headline writer made it seem with that title. I read it and quite enjoyed it. Thanks!
- temp12192021 3y agoMy comments regarding nearlyfreespeech.net were attacked using the flag mechanism- https://news.ycombinator.com/context?id=37375866 https://news.ycombinator.com/context?id=37375866 I didn't violate any HNNews rules and would appreciate you unflagging it so people can see my comment and rebuttals.
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