SOCIOL 2S06 Lecture Notes - Lecture 34: Marxian Economics, Racialization, Uch
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According to this ideology capitalist have used this racial ideology to justify the exploitation of minority group workers and the unequal treatment of groups. The ideology of racism has been used by capitalist in at least three different w. First, racism has been used to justify slavery - plantation owners in the united at the time of slavery would justify using black ppl as slaves, by emphasizing th were different. If members of the working class are fighting amongst themselves, then they ca fighting capitalists, beneficial to them to foster these antagonisms within the w class. Third way in which capitalists have used racist ideology to justify the allocation certain groups to low wage jobs, it was once argued that black migrant worker suited to hard labour under a hot sun. Neo-marxian analysis of racism identify two weaknesses associated with the approach, this approach tends to assume that other classes play no role in relat racism.