On the recordJanuary 1, 1903
To be a poor man is hard, but to be a poor race in a land of dollars is the very bottom of hardships.
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W.E.B. Du Bois
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gutenberg.orgW.E.B. Du Bois: “To be a poor man is hard, but to be a poor race in a land of dollars is the very bottom of hardships.”
Editor's note · Context
This passage highlights the unique and profound hardship of racialized poverty within a capitalist society.
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