Can I point out that it was not me that made this an issue - my oppinion of Keith is what it is and I believe it colours everything he says on the question of race.
This is why it became the issue that it did - from the horses mouth:
"Well, to tell the truth, Jim, as I have hinted before, I am not really following the thread that closely; but some questionable statement about what actually constitutes 'racism' and whether other sorts of hostility were the same thing or a discrete phenomenon, lured me back a few posts ago."
Keith's past record of racism will remain available as long as Mudcat archives these discussions.
His added hatred of Arabs is clear on this forum, as is his contempt for the fate of unarmed massacre and human rights abuse victims, whom he has referred to as "the enemy" and described their plight as "Another hyped up non-issue."
Jim Carroll