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In reply to the discussion: To End Racism and Police Brutality, End Capitalism! [View all]Cheese Sandwich
(9,086 posts)That's one question. That's a problem that can best be addressed by creating a just and peaceful world so people don't develop those attitudes. But if it's just some feature of human brain evolution, then we won't ever be able to eliminate that totally. I'm not a brain evolution expert so I don't know.
I'm not sure if that's what you mean when you say it predates capitalism. But anyway I did not think we were talking about that.
I thought we were talking about the modern systemic racism such as when cops keep killing black people and the system lets the cops walk free. That particular system of racism developed hand in hand with the capitalist system. When they started buying slaves from Africa they gave the white guys guns and whips to control the slaves and that's how it started. That's how white priveledge started as a way to control blacks. That was right during the beginnings of capitalism and modern racism. We're still doing the same thing. White privilege is what makes white people defend a system that oppresses and exploits everyone, exploiting and opporessing black people the worst.
This is just some idea I made up so it could be wrong.