On Sat, Feb 7, 2026 at 07:43 PM, Charles wrote: > > "white workers who have historically been the most privileged stratum of > the working class" - since most workers have been white, it is a stretch > to call them the most privileged stratum.
!!! Most people in the U.S. are white (just barely) yet Blacks existed in the southern U.S. as an oppressed sub-section of the population which makes the majority white section of the population privileged given that was the whole point of Jim Crow segregation. That means most white workers are in fact privileged relative to people of color though in many ways that gap has narrowed. It is still there. David -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Groups.io Links: You receive all messages sent to this group. View/Reply Online (#40577): https://groups.io/g/marxmail/message/40577 Mute This Topic: https://groups.io/mt/117601828/21656 -=-=- POSTING RULES & NOTES #1 YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. #2 This mail-list, like most, is publicly & permanently archived. #3 Subscribe and post under an alias if #2 is a concern. #4 Do not exceed five posts a day. -=-=- Group Owner: [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://groups.io/g/marxmail/leave/13617172/21656/1316126222/xyzzy [[email protected]] -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
