White leftists have a history of using class reductionism to ignore racism and even of making common cause with white supremacy itself.

cross-posted from: https://lemmygrad.ml/post/352004

When I drag white ‘leftists’ for for having the nerve to “we don’t have a race problem, we just have a class problem”, I’m dragging them because this shit goes back as far as O’hare and Debs.

Yes. Our nation does have a race problem, and it’s just as big as the class problem.

  • DankZedong @lemmygrad.ml
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    2 years ago

    This is a problem I see a lot in certain leftist circles. Mostly the online ones on social media, which tend to be filled with white suburban kids.

    In my opinion, The Dutch socialist subreddit is a good example of this. They have this weird form of white superior socialism they preach, where actual (succesful) movements from the Global South (read: non white) get shit on. This is coming from a group that has trouble organizing a protest, mind you.

    Less so in real life. Coincedentally, the amount of MLs in real life versus Trotskyist or Ortho-Marxists in real life is the complete opposite online it seems, where almost everyone seems to be a Trots or an Ortho. I wonder if this plays a role in the things the article mentioned.