With reference to the discussion on race-related issues.
A handful of writers, including Ali Mazrui, also myself, have compared
the structure of the world system to the structure of (pre-Mandela) South
African apartheid (in the sense of a system) and called it "global
apartheid". The analogy has several dimensions: a (predominantly) white
minority is dominant in the system (military and political power), has a
vastly higher standard of living than the multiracial majority (wealth)
and is privileged in several other dimensions. Over much of the past 500
years, this system was explicitly justified in racial superiority terms.
How do others on the list react to such a concept (i.e., global apartheid)?
Regards,
-GK