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Arun Kundnani: What Liberal Anti-racism Gets Wrong About Racial Capitalism

Red Medicine

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The Liberal Tendency in Anti-Racial Capitalism

Arun Gupta argues that there are two types of anti-racist thought. One is a liberal framework and the other is a radical or kind of materialist framework. He explores these two traditions and explains why the liberal tendency is just not fit for purpose in understanding contemporary racial capitalism. We also discuss some questions about the changing nature of racial capitalism in the neoliberal era. And how this informs our understanding of prisons, healthcare and social reproduction.

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