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What does it mean?
Churchill uses a racial slogan to express his views on immigration and identity.
In plain terms
He supports keeping the population white.
What can you take from it?
Recognize historical views on race.

Where it applies

  • political debate
  • historical context
  • social policy

Putting it to work

  • analyze historical rhetoric
  • consider current impacts

Questions to consider

  • How did views on race change?
  • How do we learn from history?

Another view

This view is widely criticized today as discriminatory.

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