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In reply to the discussion: Why I don't like the term "white privilege" [View all]kjones
(1,053 posts)First of all, again, still have a limited reading of Marxist thought
and theory, so yeah, I could be way off base. But as I've been
given the chance to understand it Marx give primacy to class,
material conditions, production and such. Racism is just one
of many items in the capitalists' toolkit that is used to perpetuate
the system and fixing racism follows fixing the relations of production
and such.
At least, that is what I've been lead to believe by the professors/other
students. I have yet to read anything by Marx/Engels themselves that
directly addresses race, but like I said, still reading stuff. I'm also told
that later Marxist writers did incorporate race more into the theories.
So anyway, Capitalism -> Racism as a symptom of capitalist control is
how I've heard it. So even as I've understood it, I was wrong to say
"race doesn't really factor in there." It does, as a symptom of capitalism
itself.
So perhaps I've been mislead and have yet to read the sections which
would show me that.
Since I'm still reading stuff, I would be interested in the sections of
Marx work directly addressing race, if you know what they are.