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Today we take up the question of racial classification and the 2020 census with professor Michael Omi.

The principle question for this presentation is what is "race" and how does it shape our politics?

"We hold these truths to be self-evident that all men are created equal." As look at the history of American democracy, we begin with the nation's founding contradiction: the dispossession of Natives, the enslavement of Africans and the exclusion of women in a new nation dedicated to the radical concept of universal human equality.

Aimee Allison is founder and president of She the People, a national network elevating the voice and power of women of color.