Racism, Sexism, and Critical Theory
So its been a really, really long time since I have posted anything. But, while writing this post for a class I decided to share it to a broader audience. So here it is. While reading about race in chapter 10 I started thinking about the links in Marxism that lead to issues presented in the chapter. It is my belief that racism, as well as sexism, has become inexorably linked to the market economy. I will prove this, in breif, in the following way, and then make the link toward education. For the market economy of the nation to exist there is a need for there to be a percentage of the population to be under-employed or unemployed. By maintaing this percentage the market is able to keep wages down due to the competition between working age individuals. If the percentage gets to low the companies will be forced to pay more to attach workers, thus cutting profits. This maintaining of under and unemployed percentage plays a role in the alienation that occurs within the market. The