Inequality in America: The failure of the American system for people of color

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This paper places racial inequality in the U.S. in the context of overol inequality. Not only is income maldistributed, but more importantly, productive property is highly concentrated in the hands of a few owners. Inequality of both income and property is even more severe for people of color. The paper contends that American capitalism is committed to inequality because the wealth of property owners depends upon impoverishment. Racial inequality is endemic to the system since capitalism spawns the colonial domination of people of color. Racism persists through assimilationism. The growth of a middle class of color does not negate racism since the middle class, regardless of race, is part of capitalist domination. The paper ends by suggesting how we ought to orient ourselves for social change.

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