Class, NOT race popping up again in GD....

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2. I was at a really good discussion last night

Talking about the final 6 chapters of the book "Black Liberation and Socialism" (which I hear is excellent, but haven't been able to get from the library yet). The biggest takeaway I got was that socialism (and other economic equality movements) are utterly dependent on racial equality. Capitalism thrives on oppression, and taking that oppression away is critical to ending the system. I think a lot of white liberals have not realized that yet. Same goes for all the unpaid labor women are forced to do--capitalism would break down if it valued women's and men's labor equally. Oppression of minorities and division between separable groups are fundamental to the continuation of the capitalist system.