2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: White progressive analysis of politics is fundamentally broken. [View all]forjusticethunders
(1,151 posts)Capitalism and racism are inextricably linked. And I do think part of fighting racism is emphasizing that shared class interest for working class liberation. The problem is that you have to talk about it, you can't beat around the bush in fears of offending those racist sensibilities and hope it'll work itself out later like many socialist movements have done. The thing is that it can be done, and has been done.
Imo, Rev. Barber gives a very strong starting point on what needs to be done https://thinkprogress.org/rev-barber-moral-change-1ad2776df7c#.1pxa7sr3d
The achievements of the first Reconstruction are particularly telling. Look at the progress that was built on anti-racist fusion movements. All it took was for a critical mass of whites to reject racism and work together against shared oppression. And conversely, the reactionary white backlash also destroyed the gains of poor whites.