A piece of mine was quoted in the @mailandguardian by a South African history professor making a point about what Bernie could learn from black South Africans. It’s an interesting argument.
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The money line to me: “Many black people aspire to more inclusive capitalism, not less of it. Economic power is seen as the path out of white oppression”
Now, while I am far from rich, I have enough money that, when I was broke I thought that getting as much money (and Harvard degrees) as I have now would “buy me out of oppression.”
It did not. It does not. Money does not make the white man leave you alone.
It did not. It does not. Money does not make the white man leave you alone.
Maybe wealth does. I dunno. WOULD LIKE TO FIND OUT. But I can’t say.
Point is: *I* don’t think I just need a little bit more capitalism to achieve my goals for freedom. But I understand people who do.
Point is: *I* don’t think I just need a little bit more capitalism to achieve my goals for freedom. But I understand people who do.
The point of this article is that Bernie (and progressives generally) needs to understand black people who do want capitalism to defeat racism.
It’s what a lot of people have been saying: he needs an argument for racial justice that is *not* just about money and class.
It’s what a lot of people have been saying: he needs an argument for racial justice that is *not* just about money and class.
