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Can race be transcended?

The Gray Area with Sean Illing

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Black Solidarity Is Politically Essential for Racial Justice

Black people have only ever been at most 13% of the population. In my way of thinking, organizing politically around racial identity in terms of numbers is always going to be a losing proposition for black people. You always need coalitions and coalitional thinking. I would rather organize around values and shared goals than around shared oppressions and histories of categorical thinking.

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