The Diversity of Exploitation: Book Presentation and Q&A with Editor Bafta Sarbo
Tuesday, March 4, 2025 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm CET/GMT+1Waldstr. 15, W15 Café
You are invited to a presentation of the book Diversity of Exploitation – On the Criticism of the Prevailing Anti-Racism, published in Germany in July 2023 by Dietz Verlag. The English translation will be released in 2025 by Brill Academic Publishers.
In Germany, a liberal concept of racism is advocated by anti-discrimination agencies and the radical left alike. This approach is primarily concerned with representation, inclusion, and diversity. The connection between class and race is rarely addressed. Nevertheless, a critical Marxist tradition of racism research exists. The book Diversity of Exploitation seeks to draw upon this tradition. At the same time, the book offers a political intervention in the current debate on structural and institutional racism, whether in the labor market or the police force. It presents alternatives to liberal antiracism by introducing a Marxist concept of racism in theory and practice.
Bafta Sarbo is a social scientist and educator. She teaches courses on Marx’s Capital and is active in antiracist organizing, among others on the board of the non-profit association Initiative Schwarze Menschen in Deutschland (ISD), on issues of migration policy and police violence.
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This event is financially supported by the course Postcolonial Political Economy I.
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