Marxism And Ethnic Inequality

Question 1

Studies for Marx and ethnic inequality

Answer 1

• Oliver cox: capitalism and race
• castle and Kosack : reserve army of labour
• castle and Kosack : outcome of reserve army of labour
• Robert miles: Neo Marxist: radicalised class fraction

Question 2

According to Oliver Cox: capitalism and race

What is race ?

Answer 2

Social constructed created By exploiters against the exploited

Question 3

According to Oliver Cox: capitalism and race

How did conolisation go in hand with capitalism?

Answer 3

Exploited workforce of colonies and justify actions by slavery and racism by saying white Europeans were superior than other races

Question 4

According to Oliver Cox: capitalism and race

How was racism developed to justify exploitation?

Answer 4

• Why would victims of racism create racism, white people are only capable for racism
• white people developed racism and capitalism based on racism to justify capitalism profit

Question 5

According to Oliver Cox: capitalism and race

Without capitalism how would society look like !

Answer 5

No racism as capitalism existed before racism

Question 6

Evaluation of Oliver cox

Answer 6

• reductionist : cox does not treat racism as important and he reduces all inequalities to economic reasons than issues too , cox is race blind, also ignores feminist
• capitalism predates racism : evidence of racism before capitalism , racism is far more complex than capitalism

Question 7

Castle and Kosack: reserve army of labour

What was the treatment of immigrants workers ?

Answer 7

• immigrants : low paid/skilled jobs or unemployed due to capitalist and need for reserve army of labour to keep wages cost down
• capitalist economy was unstable so needed ethnic minority reserve army to hire and fire in boom and slump periods
• immigrants cheap workers to profit from