The Economist retracts its racist slavery book review

slavery reviewBy Newsweek

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The Economist, a weekly magazine that prides itself on tearing down “an unworthy, timid ignorance obstructing our progress,” has taken the rather extraordinary step of retracting a book review that criticized a historical account of slavery for depicting African-Americans as victims and whites as victimizers.

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