I generally agree with the points that James makes on this issue (which I elided). I want to add that I like (my interpretation) of Michael Reich's thesis in RACIAL INEQUALITY: though white workers gain in the short-term from racism (closed shops, etc.), they lose in the long run (since closed shops undermine the broad movements necessary for not only revolution but progressive reforms, even on the micro level). Reich shows that interracial wage inequality is closely related to intra-racial inequality between wages and property income.
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