Is Race Most Important — Part III

(Note: Part I is at: https://medium.com/@marxgeo/equity-and-justice-is-it-primarily-class-part-i-a4ddaf3344c9 , Part II is at: https://marxgeo.medium.com/equity-and-justice-part-ii-69cbdaa792b4, Part IV is at: https://medium.com/@marxgeo/racism-and-race-are-the-primary-answer-part-iv-b76dabc9155b

So, is race most important? Is it white domination over Black and Brown People? Is it class? Is it class with a touch of race? Is it a hierarchy of race and then class? Is it Intersectionality or is it The Patriarchy?

I strongly believe that racism is most important. Deeply tied to it is its intersection with The Patriarchy — with a deep touch of Intersectionality.

Kimberle Crenshaw, in 2016, eloquently addressed many of these issues in the Ted Talk noted below.

In the urgency of intersectionality https://www.ted.com/talks/kimberle_crenshaw_the_urgency_of_intersectionality?

Racism and race have permeated The United States in a very, very deep way. Young children understand a lot, when they are too young to use words. Very young Black children pick up very quickly that whiteness is preferable to Blackness. The cues that they see often may be subtle, but they are perceptive.

White parents often want to let their children grow up in their innocence. Black parents face a different reality. They have a conflict — deep within themselves. They see how their innocent children — face a very dangerous world. They face the potential danger of…