In the final analysis, national struggle is a matter of class struggle. Among the whites in the United States, it is only the reactionary ruling circles that oppress the black people. They can in no way represent the workers, farmers, revolutionary intellectuals and other enlightened persons who comprise the overwhelming majority of the white people.
"Statement Supporting the American Negroes in Their Just Struggle Against Racial Discrimination by U.S. Imperialism" (August 8, 1963), People of the World, Unite and Defeat the U.S. Aggressors and All Their Lackeys, 2nd ed., pp. 3-4.
Wow. So the "overwhelming majority of white people" are not racist? And that's according to Chairman Mao!
Yet his statement contradicts what today is a familiar accusation from the Left. Search the phrase "all whites are racist" on the internet. You'll come up with much. For instance, an article by Elena Guthrie on Huff Post, "Are All White People Racist?" [February 10, 2017], in which she concludes:
"All white people are racist,
because all white people exist in a racist power structure that we
aren't actively fighting to dismantle. Racists don't just wear white
pointy hats and say the 'n' word, by doing nothing, any and every
white person is still taking advantage of a power structure that
favours us. Don't be more upset with being called racist than actual
racism."
It seems today's Left has moved so far to the Left that the late
Communist dictator of Red China now stands on "the wrong side of
history."
Yet back in his heyday, Mao was as radical as you could get. He was an
icon for Leftists who thought the Soviet Union under Khrushchev and
Brezhnev had turned soft and compromised. Mao was unlike the "tired,
old white men" of the USSR. Mao was cool. He was authentic. His face
adorned the walls of college dorms. Women wanted to sleep with him and
guys wanted to be him.
But how does The Great Helmsman measure up to the woke standards of
today's intersectional Left?
Well, in his Little Red Book, Mao talks a lot about economic class
struggle. He denounces imperialism and advocates for "national
liberation movements." But he never makes it about race. And although
it's not a term he uses, he might justifiably be described as "color
blind." That makes him old-fashioned. A dinosaur among today's Left.
Perhaps even a running dog reactionary!
I'm no Maoist. The man was a monster, as were and are all Communist
dictators. More innocent people died under Mao's regime than even
under Stalin or Hitler. Which is why Mao's above quote should give libertarians pause for thought.
When even a man of Mao's Communist street cred is guilty of such a
cancel-worthy statement, it shows just how far leftward our
own
culture has moved.
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