Racial rationalization both legitimates and amplifies imperial power and profit

Evidence

European expansion accordingly rationalized its global spread in racial terms. Rationalization through race obviously assumed the form of legitimation, of claiming to render this expansion acceptable, even desirable or necessary, to the perpetrators. But it served also effectively to maximize both the grip on power globally – in the colonies or within the European theater of relations – and relatedly the extraction of profit and accumulation of wealth. — David Theo Goldberg, The Threat of Race, 59

Categorization

• XREF: The dual legitimation-plus-material-gain function invites a test: does threatened-privilege ideology similarly both excuse and entrench material advantage across identity axes? — connects to: Racial rationalization simultaneously legitimized expansion and maximized colonial profit — David Theo Goldberg, The Threat of Race: Reflections on…, 59

Broader Connections

• Racial rationalization simultaneously legitimized expansion and maximized colonial profit #corroborates (1.00) — David Theo Goldberg, The Threat of Race, 59