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Racial Capitalism is the Kind We’ve Got, and Must Defeat
Black Agenda Radio with Margaret Kimberley and Glen Ford
25 May 2021
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Margaret Kimberley · Racial Capitalism is the Kind We’ve Got, and Must Defeat

The issues of race and class are intertwined, and “we must fight against them simultaneously rather than trying to decide if racial or class exploitation came first,” said Justin Leroy, a professor of History at the University of California at Davis and co-author of the book, “Histories of Racial Capitalism.”

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