Frederick Douglass Insisted That Identity Politics Is Not the Answer – Foundation for Economic Education – Working for a free and prosperous world

“One man is praised for being a race man and another is condemned for not being a race man. In all this talk of race, the motive may be good, but the method is bad. It is an effort to cast out Satan by Beelzebub. …
I recognize and adopt no narrow basis for my thoughts, feelings, or modes of action. I would place myself, and I would place you, my young friends, upon grounds vastly higher and broader than any founded upon race or color.”- Frederick Douglass
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Latvia’s banking sector rocked by U.S. probe, central bank chief’s detention

One of Latvia biggest banks was forced to seek emergency help on Monday after it was destabilized by money laundering allegations, hours after the separate detention of the central bank governor on suspicion of soliciting bribes.
— Read on www.reuters.com/article/us-latvia-banking/latvias-banking-sector-rocked-by-u-s-probe-central-bank-chiefs-detention-idUSKCN1G30ZP