Does he really believe that racism is all about making offensive remarks, rather than promoting, openly or covertly, a system of inequality and injustice?
The military's "don't ask, don't tell" policy had not yet been repealed, and the Army had not yet promoted an openly lesbian general.
To quote Alistair Crooke, "the US is not only not interested in dealing with Hamas, it is working to ensure its failure" - a policy promoted and openly acknowledged by the American deputy national security adviser Elliott Abrams.
As Obama ascended to the White House, Sean Hannity, who previously hosted a debate-style program with his liberal counterpart, Alan Colmes, began solo anchoring his eponymous show that over the years has given risen to conspiracy theories and promoted an openly-hostile posture on immigration.
Late last May, central government propaganda officials issued a directive calling the shows "vulgar" and faulting them for promoting materialism, openly discussing sexual matters and "making up false stories, thus hurting the credibility of the media".
The Federal Housing Administration, created during the New Deal to promote homeownership, openly supported these racist measures; it forbade lending to black people even as it subsidized white families that moved from the cities to the suburbs.
The villagers' situation deteriorated further in 2012 when the Susya settlement teamed up with the right-wing Israeli organization Regavim, which promotes an openly Zionist agenda to "protect national lands and properties," and filed a petition with the High Court of Justice.
Zbor openly promoted antisemitism, being the only party in Yugoslavia to openly do so, as well as xenophobia.
