[lbo-talk] zimmerman not guilty

Doug Henwood dhenwood at panix.com
Mon Jul 15 07:16:26 PDT 2013


On Jul 15, 2013, at 10:10 AM, Wojtek S <wsoko52 at gmail.com> wrote:


> Precisely. To put it differently, racism may explain why guys like
> Zimmerman walk free from situations that would put someone with different
> skin color behind bars, but it does not explain why guys like Martin have
> it difficult to find a decent job.

"Racism" happens because of shitty laws, shitty employment patterns, and shitty inheritance patterns. Locating it in personal attitudes, or reifying it, serves no analytic or political purpose. In this case, SYG laws are a horrible problem, and things like this will happen over & over again. A bunch of leftists jumping up and down screaming (or typing) "white supremacy" won't accomplish a damn thing.



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