Invention of the white race

[James Devine]

I had written:
>>whatever the reactionary content of the whole argument that hearfield and LM
>>present, the fact is that in California, the big corporations _opposed_ the
>>anti-AA state-wide iniative (the number of which I've forgotten). They like
>>having simple formulas for dealing with complex issues. 

Louis P. writes:
>I disagree with this. The ruling class as a whole does not favor
>affirmative action.

I didn't say "the ruling class as a whole." I said "the big corporations,"
which is only the power elite of the ruling class. 

The "ruling class" in my book (at least) would be the entire capitalist
class. I would say that some capitalists have more weight in that class
than others, with the influence of individual petty-bourgeois types shading
off to zero. But individual p.b. types can get together in coalitions that
are sometimes very powerful. I think the latter -- along with many
corporations outside of the power elite -- are what was behind the anti-AA
initiative in CA. 

I'd like to read Hacker's book (though I'll never get it since I'm too busy
with e-mail and what's that other activity? oh yes, work). At least
according to the L.A. TIMES, big corps in CA like AA. I'm sure it's not the
kind of AA that we would prefer.

Jim Devine jdevine at popmail.lmu.edu &
http://clawww.lmu.edu/Departments/ECON/jdevine.html
"Segui il tuo corso, e lascia dir le genti." (Go your own way and let
people talk.) -- K. Marx, paraphrasing Dante A.