re: #56 jamesfirecat

It wouldn’t surprise me if people who are racist are culturally insensative, but one hardly leads directly to the other in any logical argument.

One of the best scenes in The Searchers is the one where Ethan shoots out the dead Comanche’s eyes— without his eyes, he’s doomed to wander forever in the spirit world.

Ethan is the character who knows most about the Comanche, and hates them the most as well. A lot of racists have deep, deep understanding of the other culture— they’re obsessed with it.

It’s one of the creepier forms of racism.