race & imperialism

Doug Henwood dhenwood at panix.com
Thu Dec 23 12:59:58 PST 1999


Charles Brown wrote:


>racism/colonialism

You're treating these as if they're synonymous, but maybe they're not. Does colonization produce our notions of "race"? Did Ron Brown push U.S. capital's interest abroad for racial reasons? Was British exploitation of Ireland "racist" in the sense we understand it? Is Japanese investment in Thailand "racist"? Taiwanese investment in El Salvador? Did capitalism contribute to the end of apartheid?

Doug



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