“The man who seeks to arouse prejudice among workingmen is not their friend.”

—  Eugene V. Debs

The Negro and His Nemesis (1904)
Context: The man who seeks to arouse prejudice among workingmen is not their friend. He who advises the white wage-worker to look down upon the black wage-worker is the enemy of both.

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American labor and political leader 1855–1926

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