The Weaponization of Racism

A little side project exploring the origin and evolution of the term "racism" from inception to modern day.

Dive into the origins and evolution of one of the most charged words in history—racism. This side project explores how the term was born, its transformation through ideological and political struggles, and its journey from a concept critiquing oppression to a weapon in modern-day cultural battles, unpacking how "racism" became a driver for leftist ideologies and societal shifts. It's a bold, unapologetic look at the word that reshaped public discourse, from inception to now.

This project will become a short book when it’s done.

Subscribers to The Red Menace Collective will receive a free digital copy of the book and be able to follow along with draft chapters as the book is written.

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This is the third chapter in the book, covering the civil rights movement. Breaking down the evolution of the term racism in this way has been exceptionally enlightening.

The Weaponization of Racism

The 1960s and 1970s were decades of seismic shifts in American society. As the civil rights movement emerged as the dominant moral and political force, the term “racism” continued to gain traction as a systemic issue, a framing that had already begun to solidify in prior decades after World War II. The Civil Rights era marked the intensified weaponization of racism as a concept—a tool wielded not just to address inequality but to advance broader ideological objectives, often grounded in Marxist critiques of capitalism.

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