Its seriously the biggest problem right now

Edit: hurr durr bullets and gulag, serious replies only pls

  • TossedAccount [he/him]
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    4 years ago

    Awful take if unironic. Race is a bullshit construct but it does still have real material consequences for people who are racialized (e.g. Black and Indigenous people). Anti-Black racism, the caste-like racial hierarchy associated with post-Columbian slavery, was rooted in the "need" for the slave system/transatlantic trade to justify itself ideologically, especially to distinguish Irish and other Euro-descended indentured servants from Black Afro-descended slaves. Anti-racism has to be incorporated into any successful anti-capitalist project, and fighting racism requires fighting capitalism.