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Cedric Robinson’s book Black Marxism introduced the concept of “racial capitalism” and shaped a generation of left thought.
August Nimtz argues that the book’s central claims are wrong, and that it errs by discounting the working class.
jacobin.com
What Cedric Robinson’s Black Marxism Gets Wrong
Cedric Robinson’s Black Marxism has become a touchstone for the Left on race and capitalism. August Nimtz argues that it misreads Karl Marx, erases black revolutionaries who were Marxists, and gives up on the working class.
