Pierre notes that the writer believes that “racial thinking is associated with the history of slavery, and slavery and race are designated issues of concern only for diaspora Blacks.” (Pierre 3). In this way she draws attention to the idea some hold that Race is a localized experience, unmoored from any larger, global system, separated from parallel systems such as Colonialism that were similarly based on race. Throughout the piece, Pierre pushes back against this. To Pierre, Racecraft and its attendant issues is explicitly tied to the imperialistic project instituted by European powers stating “At the same time, I am arguing that while processes of racialization are multiple and varied, they are all interconnected through the broader historical
