• The wealth gap between races links back to when non-European people were kept from owning land and building wealth.

• Job discrimination keeps people of color in low-paying jobs, just like colonial systems that forced certain groups into labor roles.

• Immigrant exploitation feels like a continuation of the old forced labor practices.

We also discussed how Eurocentric views still affect labor markets, undervaluing non-European workers. Aníbal Quijano’s idea of coloniality of power helped us see how racial hierarchies from colonization still shape today’s economy and labor inequality.