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In reply to the discussion: "Let's work to end racial discrimination" is a better approach than "whites are so privileged". [View all]El_Johns
(1,805 posts)And because his analysis was class-based.
Such approaches & works are rarely promoted in the media, in the Democratic party, in academia, in fashionable circles -- at least not since the 70s. In fact, there has been a concerted effort to disappear them.
The rule of thumb is that if you identify and challenge real power, there are consequences.
If you mislocate where the actual power lies, you will be celebrated.
I have a question for you: even during the slave era, there was significant international capital acting in the world. For example, American capital had investments in both the US and the Caribbean.
Can your "white privilege" analysis explain why in the Caribbean (some) blacks were part of the governing class and the middle class, while in the US they were (mostly) totally excluded, by law or custom? And this at the same time, which some of the same (powerful, rich, white) people were invested in?
I.e. can your analysis explain facts in the actually existing world?