In this nine and a half minute clip, Tim Wise describes the way in which race was invented by elites in early America in order to divide and conquer the working class… and is still used to do so.
Found here via Alas A Blog.
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[...] interest in undermining the class structure from which those elites benefitted. I then show them this video by Tim Wise making this same argument and suggesting that using race to divide and conquer is still ongoing. [...]
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[...] watch Tim Wise talk about the invention of the white race and the class function of racial division. Leave a Comment Tags: class, health/medicine, politics, prejudice/discrimination, [...]
Tim Wise breaks down race & the health care debate « Life of a Gaander — September 3, 2009
[...] Also watch Tim Wise talk about the invention of the white race and the class function of racial division. [...]
Time Wise breaks down the race & health care debate… « Life of a Gaander — September 3, 2009
[...] watch Tim Wise talk about the invention of the white race and the class function of racial division. via [...]
Pia LeRoy — October 6, 2010
None of this surprises me. I've heard this all before, unfortunately I doubt this message reaches many people and I doubt many people want to hear it. Who would want to give up what little power they can have in this lifetime anyway?
Blix — January 16, 2012
Love this passion and insight.
-Created equal-
Arn’t we all just members of the human race? | Erin V Echols — February 26, 2012
[...] used race to divide groups – other categories, such as religion, were often used instead. It was not until the mid-to late 1600s that race emerged as a concept - a concept which early American elites used to divide the working class. Even more surprising to [...]
Research Post on Racism, Capitalism, Sexism and Slavery (Part 1 of 3) | A humble social justice cleric — September 6, 2015
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