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W.E.B. Du Bois: “If the attitude of the European and American worlds is in the future going to be based essentially upon the same…”

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If the attitude of the European and American worlds is in the future going to be based essentially upon the same policies as in the past, then there is but one thing for the trained man of darker blood to do and that is definitely and as openly as possible to organize his world for war against Europe.
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W.E.B. Du Bois

Editor's note · Context

He asserts the necessity for marginalized groups to organize and resist oppressive powers if conditions do not improve.

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