Apartheid’s prosperity during repression discredited the liberal contradiction thesis
Evidence
Whereas the first phase of liberal analysis took place against the backdrop of mixed economic performance in South Africa during the 1950s, this new surge of interest in a Marxist approach must be seen in the context of the exceptional economic growth rates sustained during the late 1960s, in tandem with the intensification of apartheid repression - a combination which seemed prima facie evidence of the falsity of the liberal case. — David Theo Goldberg, John Solomos, A Companion to Racial and Ethnic Studies, 563
Categorization
- XREF: Mirrors the US racial-formation debate where post-Civil Rights economic gains coexisted with persistent racial hierarchy; links to Omi & Winant’s rejection of purely class or purely race reductionism. — connects to: High growth alongside apartheid repression disproved the liberal contradiction thesis; Apartheid’s 1960s boom plus repression empirically refuted liberal modernization theory