GGR254H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Surplus Labour, Labour Power, Capital Accumulation
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Move to cultural racism, not biological anymore, saying that they are culturally inferior, policies to attempt to reform african americans, new form of racism, growth of homeowner politics, conservatism in the suburbs. Against the welfare state, use this language as racially coded language, run against big government programs, against welfare queens who are getting rich off the welfare state, anti-crime and anti-welfare state, trying to get people off of it. First in republican party then adopted by democratic party as well, explicitly said this in interview. New system being brought in the prison system. So clinton spent almost twice: began in 1970s, huge explosion in the number of those in prison, increased by. Rate of imprisonment increased more than rate of crime. Crime rate peaked in 1980, prison building boom increases after this. 1982-2000, 66% percent of them are black or latino. 22 new prisons, all while crime rate is decreasing: rate of incarceration increasing, cause:
