In a message dated 07/21/2000 5:24:45 AM Eastern Daylight Time, [log in to unmask] writes: << Will anyone on this list want to conclude from this quote that Pound did NOT have a racist attitude toward blacks? >> has anyone this list either now, or ever, claimed that Pound did not use racists remarks such as "nigger" when referring to Black Peoples? and as everyone knows, there's only one degree, one level, or racism, and that all racists (including anti-Semitics) are exactly the same and mean exactly the same things whenever they speak. on the other hand, does the constant repetition of Pound's use of "nigger" or "kike" or "jew" somehow betray a fondness for these terms on the part of a particular critic? jb...