>CB: This is the issue discussed earlier on this thread. The thing is
>to undo the racist _social relations_. The categories are not the
>main thing. Undoing the categories is misplaced emphasis. In fact,
>it may be that the categories must be retained and repeated in order
>to most effectively undo the actual social relations.
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>Capitalism isn't natural - it's a social construction. Money isn't
>natural - it too is a social construction. But they're pretty
>powerful little fuckers, aren't they?
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>CB: Yes, but it may be important to keep repeating the category
>"capitalism" in order to destroy its social relation.
Well, yes, the point is to destroy the social relation. But Leninism, and the Soviet model, tried to destroy capitalism by creating a new form of class society - a ruling class whose power depended on their position in the state hierarchy, not their ownership of capital, but a ruling class nonetheless. So maybe there's a parallel here: creating a new class society is not a good way to destroy the old class society, and putting new spins on racial categories may not be the best way to end racism.
Doug