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Theodore W. Allen Interview on the Invention of the White Race, Parts I and II [audio 1 hour 11 seconds (combined)]

Chad Pearson of the University at Albany, SUNY, interviews Marxist historian Theodore W. Allen, author of the The Invention of the White Race: Vol. 1: Racial Oppression and Social Control (London: Verso, 1994) and The Invention of the White Race: Vol. 2: The Origin of Racial Oppression in Anglo-America (London: Verso, 1997). This covers part 1 and 2 of a 2 part interview.
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