reparations & exploitation

[kelley]

At 06:39 PM 3/9/01 +0000, Justin Schwartz wrote:
>Oh, I agree that exploitation is different from oppression. And my 
>definition of exploitaiton is different from Wright's essentially 
>Roemerian account--I gave it in a previous post and it defended in several 
>paper on exploitarion (that I have sent you, btw). However, women and 
>blacks amy be exploitedas such, both by capitalists and other groups, in 
>addition to being oppressed. It oppresses women to rape them or beat them; 
>it exploits them to make them work longer hours for the benefit of men. It 
>oppresses blacks to lynch them or segregate them. It exploits them to pay 
>them less than white workers are paid. --jks

when i've been made to work longer hours, it's always for the benefit of 
the person who owns the place.  or, it's for the benefit of the person who 
manages the place. funny thing is, all of us were working long hours.  on 
the other hand, as a manager at a restaurant, i worked 55 hrs a week for 
240$ (and they could have easily made me work more and sometimes i did, but 
the require minimum was 55) and my waitresses worked 30hrs a week for $300 
(150$ tax free!).

i can't think of any job i work where i've been made to work long hours for 
the benefit of a man or even for men in general.