I was so dismayed to hear another symbol of hate, a swastika, was posted on a Columbia University professor’s door. Seething rage within average Americans has fed the Hate Crimes fire. What distinguishes this generation of criminals, is that they try to veil their racism. Swastikas and nooses are left anonymously, and the perpetrator will tell you there aren’t any problems with difference on their campus or in their workplace or among the residents of their small Louisiana town.

The desire to subjugate is, as it has always been, strangely sexual. This Dog the Bounty Hunter recording suggests that young white men and their fathers are privileged enough simultaneously dehumanize (by use of the N-word and Wh-word) and consume (by “boning”) The Other (that’s us, Sisters).

One of the worst legacies of W’s presidency is that, particularly post-9/11, he enabled this perversity. Language like “evil-doers,” “smoke them out of their caves,” “bomb them back to the Middle Ages,” and “Crusade” gave voice to average American hate. Folk still feel like they can just let anything come out their mouths, as long as it isn’t caught on tape, as Dog the Bounty Hunter, ironically enough, fears: http://www.nationalenquirer.com/2007/popup/full-wmv.html

The culture of Black Female Degradation must be understood historically and in the context of armed “minutemen” patrolling our Mexican border, Guantanamo , Abu Ghraib, and Blackwater,.

The swastika is the West Virginia trailer park is Cheney’s Confederate flag is Ann Coulter’s use of the F-word, is Don Imus’ new multi-million dollar deal.

Is us all.