teenVoice Episode 3: Race & Capitalism
Illustration by Tenagnework Agedie
The term “racial capitalism” was coined by Black Studies professor Cedric J. Robinson in 1983 to describe how capitalist systems like the American economy propagate racism and inequality despite political and legal advancements for the rights of people of color.
In our third episode of teenVoice, Heights Herald student editors Istabraq Sheikh, Makagbe Sanoe, and Ilma Ntambwe discuss the intersection of race and capitalism in young people of color’s lives along with Staff Writer Tenagnework Agedie. From immigration to generational wealth, and entrepreneurship to eugenics plus everything in between, this roundtable conversation is vital to understanding and wrestling with the connection between American economics and racism in modern society.
Ilma Ntambwe is currently a senior and the business manager for The Heights Herald. She hopes to have fun in journalism and be the best she can be. In...
Makagbe Sanoe is the newest A&E Editor for The Heights Herald. This is her third year on the school newspaper. She’s a junior who enjoys literature...
My name is Istabraq Sheikh and I'm a 11th grader at CHHS. It's my second year in the Heights Herald. I joined because I enjoy writing and wanted to...
Tenagnework Agedie is a senior at Columbia Heights High School. She is Co-Lead Photographer and staff writer for The Heights Herald.
