BK on Identity

[Yoshie Furuhashi]

>kelley wrote:
>
>>yes, i'm frustrated because trying to talk about structural 
>>oppression is like banging your head against the wall and i see the 
>>same problems on LBO -- people are much more interested in locating 
>>racism solely in the individual, etc.  the whole B&K on identity 
>>thread was pretty clear evidence of that, to me.
>
>If you say that white workers (and male workers) as a group gain 
>from racism (or sexism) - how is that locating racism (or sexism) in 
>the individual? It's an advantage gained (if it is) by membership in 
>the group, and maintaining the advantage requires maintaining the 
>group's identity.
>
>Doug

Do white workers have a "group identity" with "group interests" 
separable from a racist & anti-working-class abstraction?

Doesn't the act of telling workers that "racism is in the interest of 
white workers" basically create the racist & anti-working-class 
abstraction called "the white working class"?

Yoshie