BK on Identity

[Yoshie Furuhashi]

>Yoshie Furuhashi wrote:
>
>>Let's set aside the long run for the moment.  Do white workers gain 
>>_increases in real wages & social programs that outpace rises in 
>>productivity_ by practicing racism _even in the very short term_?
>
>People perceive their well-offness in relation to their peers. A 
>"poor" person in the U.S. is rich by global standards, but we still 
>think of that person as poor. So a white worker who enjoys material 
>and psychological advantages over a black workers - or male over 
>female - feels better off than if there were no racial or gender 
>advantage to enjoy. Next to that, productivity is an abstraction of 
>interest only to pointy-heads.
>
>Doug

I don't think that "productivity is an abstraction of interest only 
to pointy-heads."  Workers are not as dumb as you make them out to 
be.  Workers have & will continue to resist speed-up.

workers of the world, unite & relax,

Yoshie