“Racism, in the first place, is a weapon used by the wealthy to increase the profits they bring in by paying Black workers less for their work.”
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Now, if we look at the way in which the labor movement itself has evolved over the last couple of decades, we see increasing numbers of black people who are in the leadership of the labor movement and this is true today.
We have to talk about liberating minds as well as liberating society.
Poor people, people of color - especially are much more likely to be found in prison than in institutions of higher education.
Had it not been for slavery, the death penalty would have likely been abolished in America. Slavery became a haven for the death penalty.