Racism is rooted in concrete material conditions, not ruling-class conspiracy or error

Evidence

Racism is not present, in the same form or degree, in all capitalist formations: it is not necessary to the concrete functioning of all capitalisms. It needs to be shown how and why racism has been specifically overdetermined by and articulated with certain capitalisms at different stages of their development. Nor can it be assumed that this must take one, single form or follow one necessary path or logic, through a series of necessary stages. — Hall, Stuart, Essential Essays, Volume 1, 635 (#complicates, via linked claim)

I said just above that South Africa has a racist structure. Now I shall go farther and say that Europe has a racist structure. It is plain to see that M. Mannoni has no interest in this problem, for he says, “France is unquestionably one of the least racialist-minded countries in the world.” Be glad that you are French, my fine Negro friends, even if it is a little hard, for your counterparts in America are much worse off than you… . France is a racist country, for the myth of the bad nigger is part of the collective unconscious. — Frantz Fanon, Constance Farrington, Black skin, white masks, 338 (#complicates, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Racism in South Africa stems from its economic structure, not petty official bias; Racism functions as practices that ascribe and legitimate social positions; Racist ideology succeeds by working on real class contradictions, not by manipulation. (+12 more)

Related

• Racism in South Africa stems from its economic structure, not petty official bias (similarity 0.88)
• South African racism resides in its structure, not in petty officials. (similarity 0.87)
• Racial distinctions operate as active structuring principles, not mere historical residues (similarity 0.86)
• Racism originated in internal relations among European peoples, not colonial contacts (similarity 0.85)
• Race and class must be analyzed as articulated, not causally reduced (similarity 0.85)
• Race operates as an active structuring principle of present society, not a residue. (similarity 0.85)
• Racism is a structural feature of European civilization, not the exception of colonial adventurers (similarity 0.85)
• Europe itself, not only its colonies, has a racist structure. (similarity 0.84)
• Racism is not necessary to the functioning of all capitalisms. (similarity 0.84)
• Europeans’ racist treatment of Asians marked the real debut of the crime (similarity 0.84)
• Imperialism would have invented racism even without prior race-thinking (similarity 0.83)
• South Africa subordinated economic efficiency to preserve white dominance. (similarity 0.83)
• Race replaced medieval citizenship as the principle of European social order. (similarity 0.83)
• Economic analysis is necessary but not sufficient for explaining racism (similarity 0.83)
• South Africa’s racist structure, not petty officials, explains poor white hatred (similarity 0.83)

Broader Connections

• Racism is not necessary to the functioning of all capitalisms. #complicates (0.60) — Hall, Stuart, Essential Essays, Volume 1, 635
• Racism exists as a variable spectrum, not a single invariant form #complicates (0.50)
• Racism is a constitutive, foundational element of colonialism rather than an incidental detail. #expands (0.50)
• South African racism resides in its structure, not in petty officials. #exemplifies (0.50)
• Racism is a structural feature of European civilization, not the exception of colonial adventurers #complicates (0.50) — Frantz Fanon, Constance Farrington, Black skin, white masks, 338
• Racism has no universal structure but only historically specific forms #contradicts (0.50)
• Racism supplied non-Black workers a fictive status in place of material well-being. #expands (0.50)
• The killing of Trayvon Martin stems from institutionalized racism, not an aberration. #exemplifies (0.50) — Khaled A. Beydoun, American Islamophobia_ Understanding…, 500
• Racism as ideology, not production relations, blocked US class consciousness. #complicates (0.50)
• Structural utility, not ignorance, sustains Muslim racialization. #expands (0.50)
• Anti-black hate is cultivated, not inborn; discrimination replaced lynching #contradicts (0.40) — Frantz Fanon, Constance Farrington, Black skin, white masks, 192