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On 1/10/2020 6:51 PM, Kevin Lindemann and Cathy Campo via Marxism wrote:
https://peoplesworld.org/article/capitalism-needs-racism-a-response-to-the-nyt-1619-project/
Actually, there's such a big theoretical problem here, as to whether capitalism 'needs' racism, or can jettison even its most profound manifestations - such as apartheid - when more effective systems of surplus extraction emerge. The South African case is exemplary, and the main writers on this have tried over several decades to specify when racism is functional, and when it creates contradictions that become debilitating. If you're interested in identifying the contingent versus the necessary, have a look at Ben Magubane's historical work, e.g. http://unrisd.org/80256B3C005BCCF9/(httpAuxPages)/63265CAFF973018D80256B6D005785D1/%24file/dmaguban.pdf
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