SocialistAction 1983–88

The paper of the Socialist League, formerly the International Marxist Group, 1983–88

Prejudice

Socialist Action No. 126, 10 January 1986 · p. 3 of the scan · 189 words

The scan: 126-jan-10-1986-SA-UK.pdf (PDF, Marxists Internet Archive, opens at this page)

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page 3 of the scan

• peone who get upset about black careerists don't seem think that the same pro. blem applies to white men. The fact is that at the moment there are black MPs. wouldn't have thought that the most imminent threat to the party was from black careerism.

same amount worry, concern, and anguish lo the notion of white men ocule careens as unev al to women or black people What underlies llla resistance and a hostility to the idea of black being selected full stop.

not fashionable politically correct 1o say that you object : to black people being selected, so That is my answer to all the 'discussion within about black careerism The national black sec tion movement has met Wild excessive hostility from sections of the white dressed this up › as a con with ideological puri ty it reflects all subconscious prejudice about black peo ple: almost as it we can' be ideologically pure be cause our brains are too small to take in the theory. But, at the end of the day, people will be judged by their actions and by what they do

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