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It was this competition for the labor of yellow, brown, and black folks that was the cause of the World War.
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W.E.B. Du Bois
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gutenberg.orgW.E.B. Du Bois: “It was this competition for the labor of yellow, brown, and black folks that was the cause of the World War.”
Editor's note · Context
Du Bois argues that the quest for labor from colonized peoples was a primary cause of World War I.
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