Transcript: The truth is that this is a race-constructed nation, and we all know it somewhere in our psyche. And yes, there are other forms of oppression, but race is The Great Divide. It is the Rubicon we've never crossed. And in the Undoing Racism Workshop, you hear a strong analysis of, what is this racism business? What is this country about? And how do we undo it? And it doesn't vary. It doesn't say, well, I'm going to talk one way over here and one way over here. I'm going to talk to poor people this way and rich people that way. It talks to everybody the same. 

Then it talks about how understanding this helps us organize around issues of class, around issues of gender or sexuality. See, the reason you got to start with race in this country, in our opinion, is that you're not going to be able to organize around gender in such a way that brings women of color into the work unless you understand that race is right on top of the table. If it's not on top, it's under the table. A lot of us who are white say, well, it's really about a class thing. And in my experience, most of us who say that have never tried to organize interracially around a class analysis. Because it's very hard to keep people in the room who've been oppressed by race for centuries if you don't demonstrate that you understand that dynamic. Now, once you do, you can organize around different forms of oppression and you will see others as allies in that struggle. 

You know, we're pitted against each other across our different philosophies, our ideologies. But we try to say in The People's Institute and in the Undoing Racism Workshop, we've got to come together as a collective. But we have to have a foundation, and we can't continue to debate issues that fragment us. If you're organizing, see, if you’re organizing, you will understand why you must bring race to the floor. Because you won't be able to organize in a labor setting without it, and the same way around other issues.