The racism was used to sell to white “middle classes” the dream of becoming rich and lording it over the “not white” who were separated, segregated. In this context, white is a class, not a race, and it is most definitely not something that can just be dispelled by informing people that it’s all made up by capitalists to divide the people. You can think of this class as “honorary petite bourgeois” for those workers.
Even if it’s true what you say, you don’t get to demand that people who’ve experienced racist attacks and discrimination suddenly forget about it and reclassify that experience as just a misunderstanding.
The racism was used to sell to white “middle classes” the dream of becoming rich and lording it over the “not white” who were separated, segregated. In this context, white is a class, not a race, and it is most definitely not something that can just be dispelled by informing people that it’s all made up by capitalists to divide the people. You can think of this class as “honorary petite bourgeois” for those workers.
Even if it’s true what you say, you don’t get to demand that people who’ve experienced racist attacks and discrimination suddenly forget about it and reclassify that experience as just a misunderstanding.
Some reading for you:
Toward a Political Philosophy of Race by Falguni A. Sheth | Goodreads
A People’s History of the United States: 1492 - Present - Zinn Education Project
“Exterminate All the Brutes”: One Man’s Odyssey into the Heart of Darkness and the Origins of European Genocide by Sven Lindqvist | Goodreads - this one is also an HBO documentary
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