Antiracism and antifascism differ by aim, not merely by what they oppose

Evidence

One can be against fascism, give one’s life to the cause, having paid scant attention to whatever racial dimensions might be operative at all. Here too one can distinguish antiracism from antifascism by asking not what each resists but what each is for. — David Theo Goldberg, The Threat of Race, 120

Categorization

  • DEFINE: Deploys a ‘what each is for’ test to separate antiracism from antifascism and from anti-antisemitism.
  • XREF: Mirrors positive-liberty / negative-liberty framing in political theory (Berlin’s two freedoms). — connects to: Antifascism and antiracism are analytically distinct commitments — David Theo Goldberg, The Threat of Race: Reflections on…, 120