Capitalism Creates Disaster

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In Biel’s “Unknown and Unsung”, the idea that Capitalism and its impact on race, gender and class hierarchy are directly responsible for disaster including the sinking of the Titanic. In the case of social hierarchy, the Titanic was built for the wealthy to indulge in a wide array of  elaborate social activities. Things like golf greens, large parlors, and oversized rooms to mimic the comfort of home made it impossible for the ship to have room for enough lifeboats to extract everyone in case of emergency. We have seen similar situations like in the Chicago Fire where making money took precedent over the overall safety of the people involved. Gender in the sinking of the Titanic is looked upon by those supporting women’s suffrage as typical patriarchy in the Capitalist society. Men making decisions to honor the code of women and children first. Suffragist argue where was this on land. Women and children where given little thought and rarely considered first by these same men when it came to business. Jessica42 talks about Gender history and how it begins to shed light on the impact of women socially and politically. herotodus h net ch 6 This is a perfect example of this type of historical thinking coming to light. Race is either completely overlooked in the traditional heroic stories of first cabin white gentlemen sacrificing themselves for women and children or in the case of African Americans it is rejoiced in song and stories that they were smart enough to escape disaster created by the greed of the wealthy.