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forjusticethunders

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6. This OP is why I'm a dirty Commie

Reply to JHan (Original post)

Tue Dec 27, 2016, 09:57 AM

Dec 2016

Racism is a social construct created to uphold a specific class hierarchy in order to make oodles of money (this is what the white progs get right) and is not rooted in any kind of objective reality.

The paradox is that real-world progressive organizing work needs to occur within the confines of the distortions and depredations the false social construct of race creates (this is what the white progs get wrong), however, we have to remember that the social construct literally isn't real.

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Roots of the black/white divide... [View all] JHan Dec 2016 OP

Separate but (un)equal didn't help Warpy Dec 2016 #1

this OP disturbs me a little bit .... kwassa Dec 2016 #2

No that wasn't my intent.. I may not have been clear: JHan Dec 2016 #3

It was also interesting to see how in the early days, brer cat Dec 2016 #4

yep. I had some knowledge of that , reminds me of that great LBJ quote.. JHan Dec 2016 #5

At least in the USA, the class struggle and the race/gender/sexuality struggle are one and the same. forjusticethunders Dec 2016 #7

great point! JHan Dec 2016 #8

This OP is why I'm a dirty Commie forjusticethunders Dec 2016 #6