Sunday, March 22, 2015

Olivier Acuña — Racism Is Used By World Powers to Justify Domination



Racism and colonialism are based on making people non-persons. This has been going on for a very long time. Now, the situation is changing because white citizens of developed nations are now also being treated as non-persons. This is a new and unfamiliar experience for most and they are perplexed by it, since most have not yet figure out what is happening. It's the colonizing of the developed world also by the oligarchs as the new aristocrats using deep state. This was made quite evident in the response to Occupy, for example, or the UCAL Berkeley officer pepper-spraying peaceful protestors (they were sitting with arms interlocked) like bugs.

Asserting exceptionalism and treating out-groups as non-persons is a characteristic of Fascism, and using violence against them to control them or even exterminate them is  a hallmark of Nazism.
While denying that capitalism is the cause of racism despite that this system is based on the exploitation of people by people for capital gain, Cali Tzay did recognize that, “Racism thrives in capitalism,” and added that, “multinational extractivist companies today are responsible for deplorable atrocities against humanity and in many countries they violate the rights of indigenous people.”
Telesur
Racism Is Used By World Powers to Justify Domination
Olivier Acuña

And its not only racism but also gender and other differences. Where they overlap is called "intersectionality." It's a hot topic in sociology and polo sci now.

India Approves Rule Requiring A Third of Women in Police Forces

1 comment:

Peter Pan said...

Intersectionality is where you find the truly oppressed: Unicorns and the 1%.