{"id":3575,"date":"2024-06-03T15:08:44","date_gmt":"2024-06-03T15:08:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rashidmod.com\/?p=3575"},"modified":"2024-06-03T15:08:46","modified_gmt":"2024-06-03T15:08:46","slug":"racism-dies-with-capitalism-2024-by-kevin-rashid-johnson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rashidmod.com\/?p=3575","title":{"rendered":"RACISM DIES WITH CAPITALISM (2024) By Kevin &#8220;Rashid&#8221; Johnson"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>race is an invention<br \/>\na social prison<br \/>\nof artificial division<br \/>\nthe oppressed separated<br \/>\ninto ranks that race<br \/>\nfor first place<br \/>\nin a caste system<br \/>\nbased<br \/>\non the color of one&#8217;s face<br \/>\ncreated<br \/>\nby those in power under<br \/>\ncapitalism<br \/>\nso that our<br \/>\nfocus might be diverted<br \/>\nfrom them to us<br \/>\nwhen they are the common foe<br \/>\nbut we don&#8217;t know<br \/>\nbecause through their systems of control<br \/>\nand influence<br \/>\nthey show<br \/>\nan inverted reality<br \/>\na confluence of images<br \/>\nthat portray them as heroes<br \/>\nof elevated validity<br \/>\nbut the workers and poor<br \/>\nas mats on the floor<br \/>\nto be trampled across the globe<br \/>\nsapped of our roles<br \/>\nas the producers of all<br \/>\nthat make societies flow<br \/>\nso where do we go<br \/>\nwhat must we do<br \/>\nto take control<br \/>\nwe must unite as a whole<br \/>\nto overthrow<br \/>\ncapitalism<br \/>\nthe source of division<br \/>\nand polarization<br \/>\nupon all bases<br \/>\nsuch as nation<br \/>\nand racism<br \/>\ngender and<br \/>\nsexual orientation<br \/>\nwhatever serves to divide<br \/>\nworkers and those who must ride<br \/>\nallied<br \/>\non the basis of class oppression<br \/>\non the worker&#8217;s side<br \/>\na divide<br \/>\noften difficult to grasp<br \/>\nby the victims<br \/>\nof this system<br \/>\nso the struggle<br \/>\nmust be led<br \/>\nwith precision<br \/>\nby a party of comrades<br \/>\nunited and driven<br \/>\nby a working class vision<br \/>\nof liberation<br \/>\nto dismantle<br \/>\nall divisions<br \/>\nthen we can all<br \/>\nenjoy the highest quality of living<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>race is an invention a social prison of artificial division the oppressed separated into ranks that race for first place in a caste system based on the color of one&#8217;s face created by those in power under capitalism so that our focus might be diverted from them to us when &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[12],"class_list":["post-3575","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-poetry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rashidmod.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3575","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rashidmod.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rashidmod.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rashidmod.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rashidmod.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3575"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/rashidmod.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3575\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3576,"href":"https:\/\/rashidmod.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3575\/revisions\/3576"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rashidmod.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3575"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rashidmod.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3575"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rashidmod.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3575"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}