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Race vs Class: No Politics but Class Politics

Race vs Class: No Politics but Class Politics Walter Benn Michaels Professor of English University of Illinois Chicago Adolph Reed, Jr. Professor Emeritus of Political Science University of Pennsylvania host: Lily Jamali JRN'07, Senior reporter, Marketplace 06/14/23 Denouncing racism and celebrating diversity have become central to progressive politics. For many on the left, it seems, social justice would consist of an equitable distribution of wealth, power and esteem among racial groups. But as Prof. Adolph Reed Jr. and Prof. Walter Benn Michaels argue in their latest incisive collection of essays, the emphasis here is tragically misplaced. Not only can a fixation with racial disparities distract from the pervasive influence of class, it can actually end up legitimizing economic inequality. As Reed and Michaels put it, “racism is real and anti-racism is both admirable and necessary, but extant racism isn’t what principally produces our inequality and anti-racism won’t eliminate it”. Reed and Michaels discuss their recent compilation of essays on inequality, along with a newly commissioned interview with the authors. These writings eschew the sloppy thinking and moral posturing that too often characterize discussions of race and class in favor of clear-eyed social, cultural, and historical analysis. Reed and Michaels make the case here for a genuinely radical politics: a politics which aspires not to the establishment of a demographically representative social elite, but instead to economic justice for everyone. Time is allocated for Q&A. *Note: Dr. Adolph Reed Jr.'s Video feed was not properly recorded and is missing in this presentation.