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The Story of Racial Capitalism
In 20 20, after the international outcry over the murder of george floyd by minneapolis police, u n c press re issued a book called black marxism. Cedric robinson developed the concept of racial capitalism. The idea is complex, but it basically means that race and raceism are not just incidental features of capitalism. They are foundational. Robinson says that capitalism emerged from racial achies that existed in the world, not the other way around.