Hmm.....sort of, I guess. I keep focusing on the statement "Race is simply a social construct used to separate and divide the 'desirables' from the 'undesirables.'" If we look at the invention of what we now call "race" several centuries ago, it was actually used to justify high degrees of exploitation and degradation, most obviously in the constructing of the African slave trade. Why did the US rise to power so quickly? In large part because of the fabulous wealth generated by slave labor.
Exactly. You hit it right on the spot. If it wasn't for slave trade then there would have been no need to divide by race... and also, back when the US had it's boom of people immigrating, they went even deeper into racial labeling... "Nordic", "Slavic", "Latin", "Germanic", "Semetic", etc. Nordics and Germanics were considered "desirables" and Slavics and Latins were considered trash, pretty much. There are even racial sub-categories within races. Race is most always used to either exhibit blind pride, or to exploit and control. Either way, the outcome is mostly bad.
Of course race divides and separates people and causes profound ignorance, but I consider those symptoms. I highly doubt that you (Dragon of Grief) will disagree with this, for as you yourself stated in another thread (regarding whether Spongebob will end anytime soon), "It's all about making money....It's all about capitalistic greed." This statement should be applied to racism.
Hmm, I never thought about that before. You're very right actually. It does all seem to root back to Capitalism and predator Multi-National Corporations.
Capitalism and racism appeared on the world stage in the same era. Coincidence? I think not.
It makes sense though... slaves were considered "property" you be bought and sold. It was a whole different form of retail. Buying and selling African American slaves.
Something interesting too is that tribe leaders back in Africa sold out their own people to the European slave traders... even the Africans engaged in Captilistic practices.