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I genuinely don't think that racism needs a negative discrimination;
FYI that's an opinion that now runs counter to the norm in academia and among the main thought leaders on the subject.
Is that based on something like this; so its useless to call out racism since everyone is inherently racist and instead you have to specifically change/challenge the negative discrimination?
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2015/oct/05/racist-racism-racially-white-ethnic-minorities
Is there anyone / anything you would recommend reading on it
branwen-
Yes, similar to that. But because (as I understand it) it comes from sociology, and one of the reasons power is essential is because without it, the prejudiced is effectively irrelevant from a societal pov.
I was introduced to it from listening to a female sociology(?) professor from SOAS referencing it in a discussion about something on R4 a few years ago. So unfortunately I don't have any helpful references. Maybe someone else does?
The issue with bringing the idea up in regular chats, is that it's not what other people mean - a bit like a bank "giving you a mortgage". But in this space I thought it was worth mentioning.
hugo7
This is one of the frustrations about people referencing erasing history. The lobby for abolition had many elements, including for e.g. the wealth advantage Haiti brought France in a world (as you note) where Britain was benefiting from industrialization. The Black Jacobins by C. L. R. James is great for discussing points like these and the strategic reasons for pushing abolition. While I believe topics such as the Haitian revolution should be taught, I get why teaching history in school is focused on the host country and it's role - it's natural. What isn't, is erasing all the wider factors which directly involve the host country.
@branwen
FYI that's an opinion that now runs counter to the norm in academia and among the main thought leaders on the subject.
Also just to explain why I'm so preoccupied with the message and discussion, in case anyone thinks I'm trying to downplay or justify anything, it's probably also worth stating one of my biases: - I've been heavily influenced working next to a salesperson and his team who's bible was Pitch Anything coupled with later discussing the Fisherprice science contained within with a Dr working in psychiatry.