Indeed Lyotard's denunciation of Marxism as a "grand narrative" has been seen as a totalising narrative in its own right.
Postmodernism grew out of a frustration born of the failed French revolution of 1968 when philosophers concluded they were not only unable to change the world but even to explain it. And this frustration came about because of the historic betrayal of the French Communist Party which had power in its hands but chose to hand it back to De Gaulle.
It would make sense to try to bring postmodernists down to earth because the real social issues which led to the explosion of working class anger in 1968 still exist and not just in France. The outpouring of anger in the USA at the present time ought to teach them a lesson.
Socialists can relate to that very real anger but racism is a consequence and by-product of capitalism and Socialists treat it as such.
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