Race and Class

Only when we see the working-class as a class-for-itself may we say anything concrete about its supposed “racism.”

Conceivably, any group of individuals may be called a class provided there is some well known rule of classification, e.g., those with an annual income of $10,000 to $15,000 (“middle-income class”), those who live in suburban houses with three or more bedrooms, those whose work demands “blue-collar” work uniforms, those who have “independent wealth” so …