I don't know if the BB wants racial harmony -- I believe that there is somerthing to the divide and conquer theory of the persistence of racism (John Roemer has a theorem on this, FWIT!) -- although they surely don't want race riots. But the BB has always liked Affirmative Action. (It was urged by LBJ and implemented as federal policy by Nixon.) It reduces exposure to lawsuits. It allows them to seem to others and themselves nonracist in giving advancement to nice middle class minorities (as well as women, although the story there is a bit different, probably) and bright and feisty poor minorities. The BB no longer likes to think of itself as racist, that's vulgar. Today you wouldn't even necessarily mind if your daughter married one if he was like Barak Obama. And best of all, AA doesn't require an attack on structural racism, e.g., by requiring full employment, decent schools and real desegregation both educational and residential, ending the "war on drugs" (that is, the war on young Black men), etc.
--- Doug Henwood <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Apr 17, 2007, at 9:25 AM, Charles Brown wrote: > > > Although, I'm still trying to figure out the > vulgar materialist > > explanation of GM, the Pentagon, et al. supporting > affirmative > > action in > > Michigan last year. > > The big bourgeoisie in the US wants racial harmony. > They know they > have to deal with a workforce and a customer base > that gets less > white every year. Same with the military - they > don't want their > forces breaking down along racial lines. > > Doug > > _______________________________________________ > Marxism-Thaxis mailing list > Marxism-Thaxis@lists.econ.utah.edu > To change your options or unsubscribe go to: > http://lists.econ.utah.edu/mailman/listinfo/marxism-thaxis > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ Marxism-Thaxis mailing list Marxism-Thaxis@lists.econ.utah.edu To change your options or unsubscribe go to: http://lists.econ.utah.edu/mailman/listinfo/marxism-thaxis
