Race as a concept can overarch class, gender, and region to unify a nation

Evidence

There have continually been two contradictory principles at work: national unity and racial division. To fuel and justify first the colonial impulse and later the nationbuilding process, race has served as what Antonio Gramsci called an ideological “glue” (Gramsci 1971, 328). — Michael Omi, Howard Winant, Racial Formation in the United States, 85 (#exemplifies, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Postwar UNESCO race statements legitimized racial mixture as national ideology — David Theo Goldberg, The Threat of Race: Reflections on…, 1167; Race is constitutive of the modern nation-state, not incidental to it. — David Theo Goldberg, John Solomos, A Companion to Racial and Ethnic Studies, 1651; Nationalist and racist movements recruit across class and gender lines — Silke Roth, Intersectionality and coalitions in…, 311 (+5 more)

Broader Connections

• Race served as ideological glue binding an otherwise divided nation #exemplifies (0.92) — Michael Omi, Howard Winant, Racial Formation in the United States, 85