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Practice theory (Giddens and Bourdieu are the big authors) is an attempt to analyze the interaction of "structure" (social racism) and "habitus" (individual habits taken on because of growing up in a society). The interaction between class dynamics and internalized culture happens with white people too.

It would go a long way to elucidating the dynamics here (let me give a small town white example): white child grows up in poverty, learns aggressive habits to survive ("habitus") and cultural indicators like a "pimp roll" or bad grammar, tries to get a job (interfaces with "structure"), fails when he picks a fight with his boss or doesn't understand work ethic, his boss then confirms to himself never to hire anyone from that family, family continues to inculcate itself in aggressive alienated behaviors, family stays in poverty, rinse repeat...

You don't need racism to screw people over -- in fact, I think debates about racism hide the real important thing, which is class.



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