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Publication date: 07.06.2022 at 06:00
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Updated: 06/04/2022 at 15:47
Dr. read it. Elephant. Daniel Arnett
Why should I let my dentist explain the proper care of balconies? And why should I ask the carpenter if I want to know how to properly prepare Hollandaise sauce? Well, the former can have a green thumb and the latter can be a home cook. But I don’t usually attribute gardening or kitchen work to these professionals as a major.
The situation is similar to Thomas Piketty, 51, who recently published a book on racism. The French economist gained international fame with bestsellers such as Capital in the Twenty-first Century (2014) or Capital and Ideology (2020). In this, Piketty proves to be a brilliant analyst of economic conditions in contemporary society. But racism? no one.
But in his new book, Piketty explains that racism is the basis of the “inequality economy” (to name a few the title of his 2016 bestseller). For Piketty, current racism is manifested in “people’s identity hysteria and obsession with origin”. “But they feel that the current obsession with identity is not a good thing and doesn’t help solve any of the social or economic problems,” says the economics professor.
“Let us make it very clear,” Piketty wrote: “The various kinds of identity isolation that have prevailed in many parts of the world for several decades are to a large extent the result of the abandonment of any claim to alter the equality and inclusiveness of the economic system.” This abandonment of equality contributed Global competition intensifies within social classes.
The economist offers specific numbers: In 2021, researchers for a French study will send 9,600 applications for 2,400 vacancies, with names changing randomly. “The result is that applicants with their first and last names Magharebia have a 30 to 40 percent lower chance than those with French first names of being contacted by recruiters,” Piketty says.
In order to defend true equality of rights and opportunity regardless of origin, one must first promote social equality in general, Piketty wrote—whether it is about access to education and health, housing and public services, and the reduction of differences in income and wealth. or to expand the various forms of participation in civic, social and economic life.
Thomas Piketty, “Measuring Racism, Fighting Discrimination”, CH Beck
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