People don’t realize that there must always be an oppressed, second class group of people at best. This way they can made to be out the enemy while being a victim to the system.
It all boils down to the same thing: protecting capital.
During the Civil Rights marches, the whites in power 100% saw these people as a threat to their money, as well as a threat to the established hegemony that had them squarely at the top.
A 17-year-old civil rights demonstrator, defying an anti-parade ordinance of Birmingham, Alabama, is attacked by a police dog on May 3, 1963. Bill Hudson—AP Photo
Idk maybe this one
Systemic racism is part of the greater class war.
That is a fantastic picture, however.
People don’t realize that there must always be an oppressed, second class group of people at best. This way they can made to be out the enemy while being a victim to the system.
It all boils down to the same thing: protecting capital.
During the Civil Rights marches, the whites in power 100% saw these people as a threat to their money, as well as a threat to the established hegemony that had them squarely at the top.
There’s a decent article with wider context on the Equal Justice Initiative site.