Chris Hedges and Activist Larry Hamm Discuss the Plight of Black America (Video)
"To enslave, you have to convince the people who help you do the enslaving, as well as the enslaved themselves, that they are not human beings," says Hamm, chairman of the People's Organization for Progress. (Hamm is pictured at far right.)
“To enslave, you have to convince the people who help you do the enslaving, as well as the enslaved themselves, that they are not human beings,” People’s Organization for Progress Chairman Larry Hamm tells Chris Hedges in a recent episode of “On Contact.”
Watch Hamm and Hedges discuss the struggle for racial equality that has taken place throughout the history of the United States.
— Posted by Natasha Hakimi Zapata
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