FWD FROM DAVE RANNEY - POLICE VIOLENCE AND RACISM
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Recently I placed a link to an essay I recently completed called "Police
Violence and 'Race' in a Disorderly World "on this discussion list. Very
briefly I argue that: a) race has historically been defined to the benefit
of those in power; b) in the 60s and 70s gains from the civil rights
movement were set back for some by a more general attack on the working
class --the elimination of living wage jobs in the U.S.--that impacted
black workers the most; c) as factories were being closed drugs flooded
many black communities and Nixon and later Reagan's "war on drugs" put
many black men in prison; d) law enforcement that was carried out by local
police played and continues to play a role of storing some of the surplus
population generated by the factory closings in prisons and cycling mostly
black prisoners between the prisons and jobs that do not offer a living
wage; e) the gains of the civil rights movement opened up opportunities
for more people to move into the professions that could now operate in a
desegregated market and into political leadership while marginalizing the
majority of the black population. This offered the illusion of a "post
racial" society and the marginalized who can not be accommodated by the
system were defined as an under class whose situation lay in their
behavior and culture. In reality racial designation was used as the basis
to force the highest costs of the 70s-80s assault on the U.S. working
class onto black workers. I go on to suggest implications for the present
movement to contest police violence against black people.
My essay is relatively short and I would welcome a discussion of these
ideas. If you don't still have the link you can find it on my web page
<www.david-ranney.com>
Dave Ranney
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<div><font face="Verdana" size="2"> <font size="1">Recently I placed a link to an essay I recently completed called "Police<br>Violence and 'Race' in a Disorderly World "on this discussion list. Very<br>briefly I argue that: a) race has historically been defined to the benefit<br>of those in power; b) in the 60s and 70s gains from the civil rights<br>movement were set back for some by a more general attack on the working<br>class --the elimination of living wage jobs in the U.S.--that impacted<br>black workers the most; c) as factories were being closed drugs flooded<br>many black communities and Nixon and later Reagan's "war on drugs" put<br>many black men in prison; d) law enforcement that was carried out by local<br>police played and continues to play a role of storing some of the
surplus<br>population generated by the factory closings in prisons and cycling mostly<br>black prisoners between the prisons and jobs that do not offer a living<br>wage; e) the gains of the civil rights movement opened up opportunities<br>for more people to move into the professions that could now operate in a<br>desegregated market and into political leadership while marginalizing the<br>majority of the black population. This offered the illusion of a "post<br>racial" society and the marginalized who can not be accommodated by the<br>system were defined as an under class whose situation lay in their<br>behavior and culture. In reality racial designation was used as the basis<br>to force the highest costs of the 70s-80s assault on the U.S. working<br>class onto black workers. I go on to
suggest implications for the present<br>movement to contest police violence against black people.<br><br>My essay is relatively short and I would welcome a discussion of these<br>ideas. If you don't still have the link you can find it on my web page<br><www.david-ranney.com><br><br>Dave Ranney<br><br></font></font></div><div><br></div><div>)
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