First of all, racism isn’t mandatory for us to make a living. Thus, there is no material basis for racism
This is genuinely moronic, sub-lib level analysis. False-consciousness requires some material basis, even if it's myopic and counter-productive. Just because there isn't a Racism Factory that everyone needs to clock into doesn't mean it doesn't represent part of a semi-coherent survival strategy, i.e. social dominance as a means of self-preservation. It follows basically the same logic as imperialism, that by diverting the capitalist desire for severe exploitation towards a social minority, the capitalist will allow you to get by being comparatively less exploited [though, among many other shortcomings, the racist typically does not realize this allowance by capitalists is only ever "for now" and their need for endless growth means everyone meets the boot-heel in time].
Racism is a tool of class warfare beyond simple rhetoric, it is a way to channel the energy of the white proletariat into the immiseration of the nonwhite proletariat, something which is itself directly beneficial to the bourgeoisie as a means of profit extraction, as well as instrumentally beneficial in how it prevents whites from putting that energy into social revolution. Intersectionality is real and represents real, material oppression that has real, material bases. The sum total of those intersections is class oppression, but choosing to speak of the whole and never the parts will not somehow make the parts go away.
"Hah, you are being attacked by a tiger and choose to defend from its teeth and claws? Simply defend from the tiger as a whole and you will have a better chance!"
This is genuinely moronic, sub-lib level analysis. False-consciousness requires some material basis, even if it's myopic and counter-productive. Just because there isn't a Racism Factory that everyone needs to clock into doesn't mean it doesn't represent part of a semi-coherent survival strategy, i.e. social dominance as a means of self-preservation. It follows basically the same logic as imperialism, that by diverting the capitalist desire for severe exploitation towards a social minority, the capitalist will allow you to get by being comparatively less exploited [though, among many other shortcomings, the racist typically does not realize this allowance by capitalists is only ever "for now" and their need for endless growth means everyone meets the boot-heel in time].
Racism is a tool of class warfare beyond simple rhetoric, it is a way to channel the energy of the white proletariat into the immiseration of the nonwhite proletariat, something which is itself directly beneficial to the bourgeoisie as a means of profit extraction, as well as instrumentally beneficial in how it prevents whites from putting that energy into social revolution. Intersectionality is real and represents real, material oppression that has real, material bases. The sum total of those intersections is class oppression, but choosing to speak of the whole and never the parts will not somehow make the parts go away.
"Hah, you are being attacked by a tiger and choose to defend from its teeth and claws? Simply defend from the tiger as a whole and you will have a better chance!"