4meAndyou · F
"Though Marx and Engels are perhaps most known for their ideas about class conflict and revolution, they both dabbled in theories—increasingly popular at the time—about race and racial hierarchies.
Not only that, but their private correspondence demonstrated an even larger degree of hostility to black-skinned people, as their writings were littered with racial slurs.
In an 1887 letter, Engels wrote that blacks were closer to “the animal kingdom” than the rest of humanity, in a reference to his mixed race son-in-law.
In a letter to Engels, Marx wrote of Ferdinand Lassalle, a contemporary socialist of his day:
It is now completely clear to me that he, as is proved by his cranial formation and his hair, descends from the Negroes who had joined Moses’ exodus from Egypt, assuming that his mother or grandmother on the paternal side had not interbred with a n—–. Now this union of Judaism and Germanism with a basic Negro substance must produce a peculiar product.
Marx had ugly things to say about various other races, too, and despite being ethnically Jewish, said that the “worldly religion” of Jews was “huckstering.”"
https://nationalinterest.org/blog/reboot/its-time-talk-about-karl-marxs-racism-181292
Not only that, but their private correspondence demonstrated an even larger degree of hostility to black-skinned people, as their writings were littered with racial slurs.
In an 1887 letter, Engels wrote that blacks were closer to “the animal kingdom” than the rest of humanity, in a reference to his mixed race son-in-law.
In a letter to Engels, Marx wrote of Ferdinand Lassalle, a contemporary socialist of his day:
It is now completely clear to me that he, as is proved by his cranial formation and his hair, descends from the Negroes who had joined Moses’ exodus from Egypt, assuming that his mother or grandmother on the paternal side had not interbred with a n—–. Now this union of Judaism and Germanism with a basic Negro substance must produce a peculiar product.
Marx had ugly things to say about various other races, too, and despite being ethnically Jewish, said that the “worldly religion” of Jews was “huckstering.”"
https://nationalinterest.org/blog/reboot/its-time-talk-about-karl-marxs-racism-181292
BohoBabe · M
Depends what you mean by "racist." Karl Marx had views that were typical for his time. He was against slavery, which means he was progressive within the context of that era.
PicturesOfABetterTomorrow · 41-45, M
Context matters. https://jacobin.com/2022/05/marx-race-antisemitism-history-andrew-sullivan-enlightenment
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Englishadverbs · 46-50
@swirlie Just wondering, is that a yes or no?
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