Locking this thread due to pedantic debate pervertism. Do not equate these two words, it's not the same as the N-word and addressing it as such can be seen as unintentionally undermining the historical significance of the actual N-word in question.
I forget which book of his, but Losurdo describes how during the war on Korea, as part of the "indoctrination" of captured US soldiers, they would just show them a map of US military bases in SE Asia. Most of them were stunned because they had no idea, and would sympathize with not wanting foreign military bases right on your borders.
I guarantee most anglos have no idea the sheer scale and number of US military bases outside their own borders.
True, but it was also the preferred term used by anti-imperialist black leaders for most of the 20th century. Read anything by WEB Dubois, Malcolm X, Robeson, Nkrumah, MLK, etc.
this is the only actual offensive thing in this thread holy shit? you really think that NO black person could come up with this on their own? like whats more likely that north koreans invented these talking points wholecloth? or that they got it from black anti imperialist in america? the implication that muhammad ali HAD to get his beliefs from north Korean pamphlets that very few people probably ever saw vs getting the ideas from his peers is extremely racist.