Historical Consciousness

Whitehead says, "The thinker is the final end whereby there is the thought." In other words, as Karl Marx states, "Consciousness does not determine life but life consciousness." Being able to articulate the historical circumstances of being a white woman in relationship to the racial karma and consciousness of white people over the course of history is a day to day process where life and action determine the thoughts and experiences that determine the person. You can't think your way into better thinking but you can live your way into better thinking. The person then is the actions that create the thoughts that constitute the person. The way each person thinks about issues like race class and gender is a result of how they think about their life.