On Fri, Jan 23, 2009 at 3:44 PM, Louis Proyect <[email protected]> wrote: >> Louis, >> >> Obama has been in office for two days. >> How exactly does your snippet about an unemployed black man speak to my >> post? >> >> Joanna >> > > It speaks to the question of class. I think that class trumps race.
re: "class trumps race". Yes it certainly does. In the theoretical world of Marxists. I think that comment is really at the heart of all the Obama-skepticism on PEN-L. Just because you wish something were true, why oh why wouldn't everyone see how obviously true it is, still doesn't make it so. In the real world the way most people actually experience the institutions of race and class, sadly, no, race doesn't trump class. If you don't believe me, just walk around and ask how many people self-identify as black or latino or white or whatever and how many self-identify as a proletarian. -raghu. -- Always remember to pillage BEFORE you burn. _______________________________________________ pen-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l
