Capitalism Racism And Patriarchy
Capitalism, Racism, and Patriarchy
A specific targeted attack is needed to dismantle systems of oppression (RACE CLASS AND GENDER)
Marxism alone cannot adequately address inequalities of race and gender because it ignores the historical impacts of race and gender
As such critical problems will persist
Patriarchy is not just a superstructure
It is an independent oppressive system which must also be dismantled before true revolution can occur
Patriarchal norms will persist in the home (home is a reflection of society)
Marxist revolution alone is not sufficient for gender and race equality
Patriarchy and Capitalism and Racism all oppress women as allied but independent systems
Therefore the revolution that Marx envisioned, a society that would operate under equality for all -- would need to address them as such and challenge them through a combined attack
Marx believed that economic change would lead to cultural change and all other forms of oppression would eventually ceases
For Marx and Engels women were seen as a the men’s proletariat
They concluded that childcare and housework needed to be socialized
Assumed that production shapes human consciousness and society
Class takes precedence – class based revolution rather than race and gender based movements
Is women’s integration into production enough to make patriarchy fall?
Considers the liberation of women and minorities only within the context of a gender-blind, color-blind, class-based society
The emancipation of minorities and women will be achieved through the larger emancipation of those oppressed by class
Critics of Marx
Marx theory focuses only on work as a means of oppression
Minimizes Patriarchy and Racism’s influence by using Communism as a blanketed one size fits all approach to eliminating all forms of oppression
Argue that the dynamics between Capitalism, Patriarchy, and Racism as independent but mutually supportive systems that must be overthrown together
Destruction of
A specific targeted attack is needed to dismantle systems of oppression (RACE CLASS AND GENDER)
Marxism alone cannot adequately address inequalities of race and gender because it ignores the historical impacts of race and gender
As such critical problems will persist
Patriarchy is not just a superstructure
It is an independent oppressive system which must also be dismantled before true revolution can occur
Patriarchal norms will persist in the home (home is a reflection of society)
Marxist revolution alone is not sufficient for gender and race equality
Patriarchy and Capitalism and Racism all oppress women as allied but independent systems
Therefore the revolution that Marx envisioned, a society that would operate under equality for all -- would need to address them as such and challenge them through a combined attack
Marx believed that economic change would lead to cultural change and all other forms of oppression would eventually ceases
For Marx and Engels women were seen as a the men’s proletariat
They concluded that childcare and housework needed to be socialized
Assumed that production shapes human consciousness and society
Class takes precedence – class based revolution rather than race and gender based movements
Is women’s integration into production enough to make patriarchy fall?
Considers the liberation of women and minorities only within the context of a gender-blind, color-blind, class-based society
The emancipation of minorities and women will be achieved through the larger emancipation of those oppressed by class
Critics of Marx
Marx theory focuses only on work as a means of oppression
Minimizes Patriarchy and Racism’s influence by using Communism as a blanketed one size fits all approach to eliminating all forms of oppression
Argue that the dynamics between Capitalism, Patriarchy, and Racism as independent but mutually supportive systems that must be overthrown together
Destruction of