SLSL Racial Differences

[jbor]

on 14/11/02 4:03 AM, Otto at ottosell at yahoo.de wrote:

> What fundamental alteration in meaning does leaving out "a useful purpose,
> often in the interest of" to the general meaning of the sentence, which is
> about purposefully keeping others divided and powerless through matters of
> racial and social distinction?

I'm not so sure about that "purposefully" either. How is that assumption
literal or implicit in the sentence?

best


>> It may turn out that racial differences are not as
>> basic as questions of money and power, but have served
>> a useful purpose, often in the interest of those who
>> deplore them most, in keeping us divided and
>> relatively poor and powerless. (p.12)