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Race and Politics: A Color-Blind America?
Miah, Malik
http://solidarity-us.org//node/1784Date Written: 1998-11-01 Publisher: Against the Current, Michigan, USA Year Published: 1998 Resource Type: Article Cx Number: CX12784 THROUGHOUT U.S. HISTORY “race” has been a major factor in all politics—beginning with the English occupation and the Westward drive of settlers to conquer and slaughter the native peoples. The justification: advancement of civilization. Racism is as American as apple pie, yet race itself is a political (economic) concept having little to do with biology or science. Subject Headings |