Your argument against the tendency amongst liberals and some leftists to think of racism and racial categories as unchanging in their meanings throughout history is spot on.
My question is - as per Michael’s quip - should we really move away from an investigation into the historical interplay between racism and capitalism in this country, just because many liberals have done a shoddy job with the recounting? Surely what differentiates the left from liberal thought is, in part, our focus on how class power is concentrated and promulgated through social institutions. And these social institutions have a history that needs interrogation.
How is it possible to write on the 1619 Project without once mentioning the sustained and excoriating critique of the Times's falsification of history by the World Socialist Web Site, which not only interviewed many of the authors you cite, but also exchanged views with the editors of the American Historical Review and conducted a political campaign with meetings all over the US to take on the identarian "left."?
Your argument against the tendency amongst liberals and some leftists to think of racism and racial categories as unchanging in their meanings throughout history is spot on.
My question is - as per Michael’s quip - should we really move away from an investigation into the historical interplay between racism and capitalism in this country, just because many liberals have done a shoddy job with the recounting? Surely what differentiates the left from liberal thought is, in part, our focus on how class power is concentrated and promulgated through social institutions. And these social institutions have a history that needs interrogation.
A good piece. Insightful academics thinkers who take into account class issues and the capitalist economy are unfairly maligned
How is it possible to write on the 1619 Project without once mentioning the sustained and excoriating critique of the Times's falsification of history by the World Socialist Web Site, which not only interviewed many of the authors you cite, but also exchanged views with the editors of the American Historical Review and conducted a political campaign with meetings all over the US to take on the identarian "left."?