The working class in the United States has never been united; it’s always been divided along the lines of race. … Racism and capitalism emerged at th… - Ibram X. Kendi

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The working class in the United States has never been united; it’s always been divided along the lines of race. … Racism and capitalism emerged at the same time, in 15th-century western Europe, and they’ve reinforced each other from the beginning.

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About Ibram X. Kendi

Ibram Xolani Kendi (born August 13, 1982) is an American author and historian.

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Alternative Names: Ibram Henry Rogers Ibram Xolani Kendi IX Kendi Ibram H. Rogers Ibram Rogers
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Certainly, before colonization, some of the greatest and most powerful and wealthiest and most technologically and intellectually advanced empires in the world were in Africa, from Ghana, Mali and Songhai...We’re not taught about precolonial West Africa. We’re not even taught about Africa today!... And I don’t think we should focus on Europe because that is a demonstration to me of racism.

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