Racism , white supremacy and nationalism CAN be abolished

Carrol Cox cbcox at ilstu.edu
Wed May 19 16:49:02 PDT 1999


kelley wrote:


> no duh that racism, white supremacy, nationalism can be abolished. what is
> unlikely to be abolished is the fact that community, solidarity necessarily
> depends on defining something, some others, some values, some behaviors as
> not belonging to that community. so, if you have a community that believes
> that red is the best color, far superior to any other, then anyone who says
> that blue is the best and superior is seen as wrong, incorrect, incapable
> of understanding, etc. facile little example?

Pure positivism, i.e. the mindless assumption that facts explain themselves. See Marx on Providence in *Poverty of Philosophy*.

Carrol



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