Racism is the lived modality through which class is fought

Evidence

The interpretation of dissymmetries, the rekindling of a war, the reactivation of the war—there is more than this to the revolutionary discourse that has constantly undermined Europe since at least the end of the nineteenth century, but it is still an important strand within it, and it was shaped, defined, established, and organized in the great counterhistory that began to speak of the race struggle at the end of the Middle Ages. After all, it should not be forgotten that toward the end of his life, Marx told Engels in a letter written in 1882 that “You know very well where we found our idea of class struggle; we found it in the work of the French historians who talked about the race struggle.” — Michel Foucault, Society Must Be Defended, 96 (#complicates, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Racism is lived through class, place, age and gender, not race alone. — Luke de Noronha, The conviviality of the overpoliced,…, 50; Racialization operates as a form of warfare deciding who lives and dies; Race is the lived modality of class, affecting the whole class. (+9 more)

Broader Connections

• Race is the lived modality of class, affecting the whole class. #expands (0.93)
• Class struggle derives historically from the earlier discourse of race struggle #complicates (0.86) — Michel Foucault, Society Must Be Defended, 96
• Racism has relative autonomy from other social relations #complicates (0.78)
• Perceived race is shaped by class, culture, and perception #complicates (0.76)