I re-read Quisumbing-King's (2019) piece and want to share a few highlights. 1/ https://twitter.com/alizaluft/status/1062206356336197632

2/Q-King starts with Du Bois's famous quote "the problem of the twentieth century is the problem of the color line;" however, she notes that he conceived of it beyond a Black-white dichotomy

3/ In fact, she argues that it was a "metaphor to describe patterns of global economic exploitation" where Du Bois paid particular attention to imperialism, whiteness, and national inequalities.

4/ She states that Du Bois was particularly concerned and critical of the world colonial system and War; furthermore, he "defined war as part of a white imperialist project"

5/ Q-King points out that "the color line was never solely Black-white" and the "tendency to overlook the history of U.S. empire and non-Black, non-white racial minorities is puzzling" in light of Du Bois' work.

6/She proposes that we ought to "turn our attention to the intersections of imperial and racial subjugation"

7/ More importantly she states that by 'turning our attention to the history of US imperial policy, we can compare not people but POLICIES, domestic and international"

8/ "In taking a historical perspective on race and empire, as Du Bois did, we acknowledge and consider the different kinds of racist policy that support a global system of white supremacy"