I have a democratic Socialist perspective on Brown University's racial tensions. To be sure, despite its liberalism or illiberalism, Brown University is a fundamentally ruling class institution. Most of the kids accepted for Brown have all the brilliance, goodness, and idealism of youth. But most Brown students come from upper class backgrounds -whatever their particular race or ethnic group. They instinctively show a haughty attitude ( not malignant racism ) toward ANYBODY who might not fit into their social world. I suspect Brown Security police sense this.
But ALL working class people since the Great Recession feel " underprivileged " now. CLASS is more fundamental than race in the America of 2015. Endless war on racism, endless " sensitivity " work shops, will not change more deep rooted social inequality.
Brown University thinks it is making PROGRESS in racial relations by endlessly pandering to the always peevish black bourgeoisie.
There should be an affirmative action program for ALL democratic socialists teaching or studying at Brown University.
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