On Sun, 1 Nov 2009, Doug Henwood wrote:
> Man, I just don't get this. Michaels' point that I think is worth making
> over & over is that the enlightened wing of the bourgeoisie is totally
> on board with diversity, and uses it as a prop to legitimate
> economically. A race- and gender-neutral capitalism, with little else
> changed, is the reigning ideal of the Ford Foundation and much of the
> Dem Party.
His other point, IIUC, which follows from this, is that if most college kids come away thinking the paramount goal is gender and racial equality, they'll decide it makes more sense to join the capitalists than oppose them. And they'll be right.
Michael