Econoracism: The Next Great Divide
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Econoracism is not a well-known term but it will be. Economics is the driving force behind every activity that humankind performs daily. Economics determine where we live, where we work, whom we elect to govern, how we eat and how healthy we are. When any academic study is undertaken the economic position of people or a country are always present and this information is always important in understanding events and why the events occurred. This creates problems as economics causes discrimination to occur within cultures and societies. The ability to discriminate is rampant in societies around the globe. Christians discriminate against Jews. Hindus discriminate against Muslims. Whites discriminate against Blacks and Blacks discriminate against Hispanics. The list continues on to the thin discriminating against the fat and the fast discriminating against the slow. All these however are scenarios of visible discrimination. The real discrimination occurs at a different level of the human experience. The real discrimination occurs at the financial level. Racism is rampant because the wealthy have an economic advantage over the poor. The poor are not just disadvantaged in the economic sense but in all areas of their lives: housing, education, employment and healthcare. Being disadvantaged means barriers exist that must be overcome but that feat might not be possible. This then becomes the real racism and econoracism is the next great divide.
Economic discrimination is rampant worldwide and while there is much discussion about poverty, the poor are growing in numbers and real wealth and power are increasingly more concentrated in a handful of people. Being poor is an economic and societal problem that has widespread cultural and social problems attached to it. The implications of this economic discrimination are visible but seldom do the dots connect on a global map.
Poor people do not have ready access to health care, affordable and decent housing, employment that provides a living wage, police protection, or quality education. Many living in poverty have no access to clean water, stable food sources or proper sanitation facilities. This lack of access to what most consider basic necessities then ensures the cycle of poverty continues as without these necessities there is no way to leave the ranks of the poor. The widening gulf between rich and poor has also created points of discrimination that are more obvious than ever before. Wealth is increasingly more concentrated in the hands of fewer people. “The poorest 40 percent of the world’s population accounts for 5 percent of global income. The richest 20 percent accounts for three-quarters of world income.” http://www.globalissues.org/article/26/poverty-facts-and-stats
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ECONORACISM:The Next Great Divide examines the current social strife, unrest, and dissatisfaction occurring throughout the world as the physical manifestation of an economic class struggle masquerading as racial discrimination. The divide between rich and poor has grown visibly and statistically throughout the world, and this divide displays itself through genocide, isolation, and disparity in all elements of the human social structure: education, health and health care, housing and employment.
Examining cases based upon Canadians and the indigenous people of Canada, author Ruth E. Todd also explores the African continent considering both the struggle in Darfur and the problems in Rwanda. Her study extends to Mexico and the Chiapas region examines the effects of Hurricane Katrina on the Gulf Coast states of the United States. Each area in this study is unique racially, culturally, geographically, and socially but they all share and demonstrate economic racism within the geographic borders of the United States, Sudan, Canada, Mexico, and Rwanda.
Todd demonstrates the links between the economic structure and the economic divide between classes—a pattern of discrimination born of economic inequality.
About the Author
Ruth Todd earned her PhD in 2010 but most importantly she is lifelong learner with interests in the are of economics, politics, philosophy and education. Todd has earned degrees in History and Economics from Oglethorpe Univeristy, a masters in History from Georgia State University and an MBA in Global Management from University of Phoenix prior to earning her doctorate. Dr. Todd has been actively involved in social justice issues and in social reform.