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Topic	Is there a form of racism that's not based on xenophobia?
Funkdamental 01/23/18 1:10:59 PM #29:	Lokarin posted... Funkdamental posted... Judgmenl posted... ImmortalityV posted... But if a white person is a social construct how can white privilege exist... This is a good post. Not really. Class is a social construct (it's not based purely on economic status: there's a "right" accent and a "wrong" accent, etc) -- but who's going to deny that class privilege/prejudice exists? Race is a concept that's fuzzy at the edges, and who gets put in which pigeonhole can be arbitrary, but people still make judgements based on it. If class is a social construct, and communism is a classless society, then why are social marxists fighting for their class? Because class isn't yet obsolete. It's a reality in the society in which we live. A classless society -- the goal -- doesn't yet exist. And there's no need for the "if". If you think class isn't a social construct, a system for sorting people that defines them by relationships and rules, then what the hell do you think it is? --- Slaughterhouse 5 Cattle 0 <cite>Funkdamental posted [p:894639411] in Is there a... [t:76232070]...</cite> <quote><cite>Lokarin posted...</cite> <quote><cite>Funkdamental posted...</cite> <quote><cite>Judgmenl posted...</cite> <quote><cite>ImmortalityV posted...</cite> <quote>But if a white person is a social construct how can white privilege exist... </quote> This is a good post.</quote> Not really. Class is a social construct (it's not based purely on economic status: there's a "right" accent and a "wrong" accent, etc) -- but who's going to deny that class privilege/prejudice exists? Race is a concept that's fuzzy at the edges, and who gets put in which pigeonhole can be arbitrary, but people still make judgements based on it.</quote> If class is a social construct, and communism is a classless society, then why are social marxists fighting for their class?</quote> Because class isn't yet obsolete. It's a reality in the society in which we live. A classless society -- the goal -- doesn't yet exist. And there's no need for the "if". If you think class isn't a social construct, a system for sorting people that defines them by relationships and rules, then what the hell do you think it is? --- Slaughterhouse 5 Cattle 0</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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