Neo Marxism

• Gilroy

  • Young black criminals are politically motivated to commit crime
  • Through their discovery of the history of slavery
  • As well as their experience of racism and police harassment
• Hall

  • Moral panic - Created by the mass media, purpose was to divide and rule potential disruptive groups
  • For example - 1970s Tabloid media presented a mugging of black people robbing white.
  • The intention was an ideological function
  • Divided the attention from the mismanagement of capitalism ruling class
  • When capitalism is failing the government try to distract the public
  • A way to control the working class is to divide them