SOCIOL 2S06 Lecture Notes - Lecture 23: The Philadelphia Negro, Social Inequality, Racialization
8 May 2016
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Interests in racial inequality, race relations, social change. Reformist political position (alter beliefs and attitudes behind racism) Later on in his career he was arguing for a revolution that marx had proposed. Radical political position (eliminate economic interests shaping class and race relations) As he got older he adopted a radical position (part of his university career as he got older: the theoretical ideas of du bois, early work. Class distinctions: made up grades , grade 1 were made up of black people who were earning. Not enough to restructure society, we must have a revolution (restructure society itself get to the root of inequality) Adopted a radical political position: global exploitation. In adopting this position, he borrowed from the work of marx. Talked about the global exploitation of black people in his later work, through discussing colonialism. Exploitation the country economically (as sources of raw materials and cheap labour)
