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Racist Roots of Empire
Black Agenda Radio with Nellie Bailey and Glen Ford
18 Jun 2018
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US imperialism is rooted in the nation’s history of slavery and white settler expansionism. “For the Democrats, operating from this mangled, white supremacist consciousness and world view,” Trump’s willingness to call off scheduled war games in Korea, “felt like giving the natives too much,” said Ajamu Baraka, of the Black Alliance for Peace.

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