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Apr 2021
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Debate: Is The West Fundamentally Racist...

Intelligence Squared
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The West is rich because the rest is poor. Capitalism is racism. So argues Kehinde Andrews, academic and self-described Black radical, who came to Intelligence Squared on March 29 to set out the ideas in his latest book, The New Age of Empire: How Racism and Colonialism Still Rule the World.  Wrong, says historian Jeremy Black. All that is a complete misre ... Show More
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