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Bolivia Coup is Rooted in White Racist Backlash
Black Agenda Radio with Margaret Kimberley and Glen Ford
13 Apr 2020
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Last year’s “coup has to do with the racist backlash against President Evo Morales and the whole process of indigenous revalorization and empowerment,” said Dr. Tathagatan Ravindran, a Colombia-based professor of anthropology and sociology. After 500 years of white supremacy, “in the 21st century indigenous people took over the leadership of social movements against neoliberal policies” and “brought the first indigenous president to power,” said Dr. Ravindran. “This created a major backlash on the part of the white and mestizo elite.”

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