Racialism subverted radical theories by blinding them to an active historical subject

Evidence

But to the latter—the radical intelligentsias—it was also an unacceptable one, one subsequently denied. Nevertheless, it insinuated itself into their thought and their theories. And thus, in the quest for a radical social force, an active historical subject, it compelled certain blindnesses, bemusements that in turn systematically subverted their analytical constructions and their revolutionary project. — Cedric J. Robinson, Black Marxism_ The Making of the Black…, 213

Categorization

• QUESTION: Robinson is pointing to the specific way racism ‘blinded’ European radicalism — but which blindnesses exactly? The upcoming proletariat chapters presumably answer; worth tracking.