Biological Differences Between Racism And Discrimination

Capitalism nurtures and creates imaginary dividing lines between human beings based on race and gender. This hegemonic oppression and exploitation leads to the alienation of the minority worker both from his/her labor as well as society as a whole. Racism also leads to a false sense of superiority over others and narcissism in non-minority workers in a situation where nothing separates them but race. American society is told in capitalist ideological propaganda that different races and genders have different needs that will forever keep them in conflict, and that racism and discrimination occur are natural. These workers are perpetually driven apart by the ruling class to keep down the potential for workers to organize and gain bargaining
Racial classifications are generally hooked to observable physical differences between people, and the apparent naturalness of race seems obvious to most people. This conception reflects a misunderstanding about the nature of racial classifications. Race is a social category, not a biological one. Racial classifications do not logically imply racial oppression. Racial classifications may simply be a way of noting physical differences of various sorts that are linked to biological descents. However, in practice racial classifications are almost always linked to forms of unjust economic and social inequality, domination, and exclusion, as well as to belief systems that assign superior and inferior statuses and attributes according to race. It is a mistake to think of racism as something that only affects the lives of African Americans, Native Americans, Asian Americans, Latinos and other racially defined “minorities”. Racism has profoundly shaped American society and politics in ways that deeply affect the lives of white Americans as well, particularly the lives of working class and poor whites, not just the lives of