The
presidential campaign of Hillary Clinton has been a master class in
how to divorce economic issues from issues of race and gender by
pushing the language of “intersectionality,” which enables the
political class to head off threats to their power and protect the
status quo. The results in the South Carolina Democratic primary are
a clear example of this reality.
Clinton
has suggested, “If we broke up the big banks tomorrow…would
that end racism? Would that end sexism?” Her supporters have
been led to believe this is a reasonable perspective to hold, and so,
as Roqayah Chamseddine has argued, the answer to Sanders’ “economic
populism” has been relatively easy—”divert attention to other
issues” and mislead the “public in terms of how anti-capitalism
converges with race, gender, and class.”
This
week on the “Unauthorized Disclosure” weekly podcast we are
joined by Vivek Chibber, a sociology professor at New York University
and the author of “Postcolonial Theory and the Specter of Capital.”
During
the interview, he analyzes how neoliberals and the Democratic
Party wield identity politics to push citizens to vote against their
self-interests. First, he offers a basic explanation of
“post-colonial theory,” and then he talks about how the New Left
popularized the political or intellectual thinking prevalent today.
The interview pivots to Hillary Clinton and how her campaign deploys
the language of radical left-wing politics in order to manage and
lower the expectations of voters, especially minorities.
Full
interview:
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... the mainstream media
narratives and the dominant culture are still quite effective in a
more fundamental level. Just think of that: Bernie still struggles
to persuade many Americans that it is their right to have free
education and healthcare. Think about it: this monstrous dominant
ideology made many people believe that they can't have what
rightfully belongs to them. What has been conquered through blood
and struggles over the ages.
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