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The Results Of Capitalism In Kindred And The Hunger

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Racism is the result of capitalism: It is seen throughout the novel when Rufus and his father’s behavior is explained as him attempting to make a living or conforming to social norms. Black women were especially harmed by this system because they were viewed by whites as an economic resource, and are to have babies in pursuit of profits. Under the system described in Kindred, black women are viewed as object. As Dana puts it, “there was no shame in raping a black woman, but there could be shame in loving one” (Butler 124). This oppressive ideology of racism was created to uphold slavery, which was economically beneficial to whites, and persists in American society in many ways to this day. The results of capitalism in Kindred and The Hunger
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